Reviews
Concert Program
The orchestra that was the fruit of a feverish, food-poisoned dream in the south of France in the early 1970s...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Balkan Brass Battle
Any visitor to the Guča festival will have witnessed the raucous spectacle of two sweat-soaked brass bands angrily trying to...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Mechanical Monster
With lots of funk and zing to move all butts to the floor, the Monster Ceilidh Band remind us that...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Banquet of Boxes – A Celebration of the English Melodeon
Lots of jokes come my way because people know I like squeeze box music. Recently someone sent a cartoon showing...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Adelphi Has To Fly
Having been a BBC Young Folk Awards finalist in 2009, Lucy Ward has emerged from the Derby folk club circuit...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Pencaitland
The seven-strong folk collective from Edinburgh who have made their name blending Celtic folk songs with the old¬time string band...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Alento
The Portuguese accordion quartet Danças Ocultas describe their instrument of choice as a ‘dream machine’. Ever since they got together...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Reinas del Matute
Las Migas are a rare find: a group of four Barcelona-based women from Catalonia, Andalusia, France and Germany, creating stunningly...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Tamburising: Lost Music of the Balkans
The tamburica, which comes in various shapes and sizes that may resemble a guitar, a long-necked mandolin, or a bass...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
