Reviews
Porta do Coraçao
Maybe you’ve heard of him through Rabih Abou-Khalil and the brilliant Em Português – a collaboration on which the Lebanese...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Straum, Stille
Recorded by the Norwegian mini¬malist chamber-folk trio in Oslo’s Sofien¬berg Church, you can pretty much get the hang of Straum,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Ceilidh
Ceilidh, the third album from the self¬proclaimed enfants terribles of the English folk-dance scene, is a curious beast. Opening with...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
So Slowly Slowly Got She Up
Drones, samples, feedback, accordion and the wavering tension of her voice on a set of great traditional material make Elle...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Els Ignorants
Three of the five musicians in the Barcelona-based Rumba Vella are part of Rumbamazigha (reviewed in #77), a project that...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
The North Star Grassman and The Ravens
The classic status of Sandy Denny's first solo album is assured, and the recent archival activity surrounding her career –...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Live at the BBC
Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson
Richard Thompson fans require deep pockets. This is not the first box-set to concentrate on the man's extensive oeuvre, and...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011
Neptune
2008's Dreams of Breathing Under– water, an album of original tunes, was a long time coming, and it felt as...
Reviewed in issue July/2011
The Scoville Units
This British folk group have come together from all over the folk and acoustic scene. Banjo player Leon Hunt and...
Reviewed in issue July/2011
With Love
The self-styled ‘King of klezmer clarinet’ is back with an album that sees him and his band drawn as Marvel...
Reviewed in issue July/2011
