Reviews
Migrant Birds
Hasan and Rami Nakhleh are two brothers who live in a village in the Golan Heights, the plateau that was...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2020
Bërbili
Situated at the nexus of the Romantic and Slavic worlds, yet with their roots in Albania, the songs of the...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2020
The New Mine
Soon after he’d formed Matthews Southern Comfort, ex-Fairport Convention singer songwriter Iain Matthews enjoyed a million-selling No 1 hit in...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2020
Hether Blether
Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2020
Chicago Barn Dance
It's safe to say that every country music fan has heard of the Grand Ole Opry. What few people know...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020
A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
From Radio 4's Tweet of the Day to Sam Lee's nocturna nightingale sessions, ornithology has gone mainstream. Sadly, the renewed...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2020
Da Natureza das Coisas
Choro, the popular urban music that originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century, translates into English as ‘lament.’...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2020
Betrayal of a Sacred Sunflower
The oud player and composer Joseph Tawadros has worked tirelessly over the last decade to move his instrument into new...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2020
The Path of Stones
A member of Solas, Usher's Well and the crack trio of McCusker, McGoldrick and Doyle, as well as an assured...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2020
