Reviews
Blodeugerdd – Song of the Flowers
Remember Mary Hopkin? ‘Those Were the Days’ sold millions in the late 60s, but then she walked away from pop...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
To Måner
Valkyrien Allstars are hot property in Norway and they’re beginning to spread their fiery folk–rock outside the Norwegian borders. At...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Panic Grass & Fever Few
Ian King of England – it has an old–money ring to it – is a Barnsley–born singer and stonewaller. The...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
In Full Flight
Having taken a five– year gap between his first two albums and forced us to endure a three–year wait, no...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
25th Anniversary Celebration
As someone unfortunately old enough to remember the worst extravagances of progressive rock and some appalling collaborations with the classical...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Rammeslag II
Daniel Sandén-Warg & Sigurd Brokke
As I write, the nominees of the Spellemannprisen, Norway’s Grammy awards, have just been announced. In the category of Best...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Work Harder and One Day You’ll Find Her
This gorgeous, melancholic and magical mini-album of eight songs, clocking in at around half the length of many of today’s...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Jamu
The Calabrian-born, Naples–based singer and 12–string guitarist Massimo Ferrante has been on the go for more than two decades, exploring...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Ammore, Trivolo, Currivo e Devozione
La Moresca is an acoustic Neapolitan septet harnessing their local music to traditional styles of the Campania region and baroque...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
