Reviews
Carousel
Hailing from Olympia, Washington, The Pine Hearts are a bluegrass trio with a penchant for expertly conjured, though largely conventional,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2018
Falling
The Fire Doves, a UK duo consisting of the two singers Sebastiana Black and Birgitta Campbell, one playing accordion and...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2018
Moçambique
Born in Maputo 52 years ago but now resident in Sweden, Celso Paco released his excellent debut album Dugongo in...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
Soukabbè Mali
Hailing from Bandiagara on Mali's Dogon plateau, Sékou Bah's impressive track record includes several years playing in Salif Keita's band,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018
West
The Scottish harpist and singer – one quarter of the acclaimed Furrow Collective, and winner of the 2017 BBC Radio...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2018
Aquai
Translating as ‘Here’ in the Salento dialect of southern Italy that used to be called Calabria, Aquai is Domo Emigrantes'...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: December/2018
Written in Water
There's a sense of loss as well as near-chaotic celebration about this collaboration between musicians of the Scottish Highlands and...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2018
Way of the Gull
This British five-piece with a strong Isle of Man flavour has its roots in Irish, Scottish and Manx traditions and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2018
Stupid Mountain Too Big
‘We call it stringband music because it's just too tedious to try and get into whether it's old-time, bluegrass, ragtime,...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2018
An Introduction to Norma Waterson
The last song on this album is ‘Bunch of Tyme’ from the 2010's Gift that Waterson made with her daughter...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2018
