Reviews
Burn Burn Gypsy Love
Given the popularity of Gypsy music, it's perhaps surprising that Russian Gypsy music isn't a big part of the scene....
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Purpose + Grace
How's this for statistics: 23 nominations in 11 years at the BBC Folk Awards, including nine consecutive nominations for Artist...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Russia: The Tradition of Wind Instruments
If you imagine the sound of Russian folk music, it is probably folk choirs that come to mind – women...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Flamenco Entre Amigos
So much of the individual character of flamenco comes from approach and tone. With Flamenco Entre Amigos, Germany-based flamenco guitarist...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011
Ragged Kingdom
It's 21 years since June Tabor and Oysterband released Freedom & Rain. Ragged Kingdom is a triumphant return that mixes...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
Carn Ingli
Llio Rhydderch & Tomos Williams
A revered harpist, steeped in the music of Wales; a young jazz trumpeter; and a percussionist. This might seem an...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
At Complete Ease
Fiddler Brian Rooney first met banjoist John Carty in London in the early 1970s. At that time there was a...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
Hollie Cook
Music is in Hollie Cook's blood. Her father is Sex Pistols’ drummer Paul Cook. Having grown up in West London,...
Reviewed in issue October/2011
