Reviews
Egyéb Veszély – Danger Sign
The opening track of this CD will need some explanation. There’s a snatch of the Monty Python theme tune on...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Meråkerklarinetten: Traditional Norwegian Clarinet Tunes from Trøndelag
Bjørn Aksdal and Geir Egil Larsen
Norwegian fiddles have taken up a fair few column inches recently, with so many excellent young fiddlers releasing some fine...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
In Modern Times
A ship sinks; a few survivors adrift in a boat, famished, cast lots to decide who is to die to...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
As If…
British folk’s most prominent close harmony trio, Coope, Boyes & Simpson are veterans of the excellent Blue Murder (with assorted...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
From Stage to Stage
If Irish music was to be equated to the Premier League, then Dervish would be West Bromwich Albion – sometimes...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Momentos
Dulce Pontes began her musical career in 1991 when, as a shy teenager, she sang for Portugal in the Eurovision...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Cantendi a Deus
In her extensive research about her native island music, the Sardinian singer Elena Ledda has regularly delved into the traditional...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
The Longshot
Never has hard graft been so tenderly celebrated as on The Long Shot, the North¬umbrian husband-and-wife duo’s fourth album. Stu...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Birds and Beasts: Music by Martyn Bennett & Fraser Fifield
Regarded as one of the most innovative Scottish musicians of his time on the back of albums such as 1998...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
Tirán
There’s a thrilling balance here between questing innovation and serenading sounds from Galician piper and flautist Anxo Lorenzo. Supported by...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2010
