Reviews
The Adventures of Captain Ward
The Demon Barbers’ live reputation goes before them, cemented by their Best Live Act award at the BBC Radio 2...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Soma
The Belfast uilleann piper John McSherry sprang to fame with the band Tamalin in the 1990s, before moving on to...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Songar frå Havdal
I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop a couple of years ago led by the Norwegian singer...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
And Then We Saw Land
Tunng's fourth album took them over a year to write and follows the departure of founder member and songwriter Sam...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
A Beginner’s Guide
Readers of Songlines will already be familiar with Jim Moray’s latest CD, In Modern History, which was pre¬released with the...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
The Turning Tide
Crikey, another Solas album? It seems only a moment ago that I reviewed the band’s For Love and Laughter. OK,...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
Hearts & Minds
Hearts & Minds begins with a riff reminiscent of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’. Which is somewhat surprising, given that Lakeman described...
Reviewed in issue July/2010
La Belle Etoile
Bands with numerous members have a certain attraction, often making you wish you were part of their line-up: The Pogues...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
Zumra
Amira Medunjanin is Bosnia's most charis– matic contemporary singer of sevdah – the lyrical but melancholy song form that has...
Reviewed in issue June/2010
