Reviews

Happ

Fribo

The innovative Scottish/Scandinavian/English band is happy to admit to being in something of a period of transition, Fribo sound in...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Gore (Burning)

RUTA

RUTA is an anarchic project that reveals a little-known violent aspect of Polish history. The album's sub-title Songs of Rebellion...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Doors at Eight

Peter Knight's Gigspanner

Peter Knight is the fiddle player in Steeleye Span but, since those folk– rock pioneers have been ploughing the same...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Canti & Musica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

On Corsica the human voice reigns supreme, rooted in a polyphonic tradition revived on a wave of nationalism, the riacquistu...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Nisos

Nisos

Nisos are a group consisting mainly of Greek musicians based in the Czech Republic. The group take their name from...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Staalkaart Van Het Vrije Riet: Sample Sheet of the Free Reed

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This is an unusual, endearing CD. It was conceived as a gift to subscribers to Diatonisch Nieuwsblad, the Dutch publication...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Balkan Dogs

Electric Balkan Jazz Club

The mascot of this eclectic German band is a perky-eared Chihuahua but, as their song titles suggest, there's more than...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Samás

Trio Tekke

This is a fantastic album – the second from the Cyprus-based, London-formed neo-rebetika band – full of bouncy, lively playing...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Burn Burn Gypsy Love

Jelena Jakubovitch

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

Martin Simpson

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