Reviews
The Woodbine & Ivy Band
This Manchester collective create spirited folk-rock of a distinctly 1969 vintage. The rapid-fire drums, guttural guitar, throbbing bass and backing...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2012
Victor Menace!!!
Victor Menace sounds like a cartoon debt collector but is in fact Ruth Theodore’s new band. Her previous album, White...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Aye
Martyn Bennett, a native of St Johns, Newfoundland, who grew up in Speyside with his mother, the singer and folklorist...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Italy: Music of the Albanians of Calabria
The outcome of Fabrice Contri’s fieldworks in northern Calabria between 2009 and 2010, this album features music of the Arbëreshë,...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
We Know Where the Time Goes
Cut and paste is part and parcel of modern culture. What William S Burroughs did with print in the 1950s,...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Folk Tale
Now in his mid 60s, the iconic Irish folk trou¬badour still packs a punch, if this latest offering is anything...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Brass Noir: On the Trans-Balkan Highway
Piranha Records was the first world music label to effectively promote Balkan brass – issuing seminal albums by Boban i...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
En Mi Piel
Flamenco artists continue to coin new genres. The Mallorca-born African gitana Concha Buika takes flamenco’s pained message and impassioned spirit...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Fandango: Provença Sessions
Kepa Junkera & the Melonious Quartet
Everything is suddenly alright with the world when an album comes along and blows your mind: especially when it's from...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
Barlande
A set of eight pieces for flamenco guitar and cello: it’s an unusual combination but an effective one. The pieces...
Reviewed in issue March/2012
