Reviews
Lucky Hand
Dawson is a virtuoso guitarist who has quietly put out albums of strong, bluesy playing via various projects over the...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2018
Ellipsis
Winner of the Musician of the Year title at the recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and a former BBC...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2018
So Calypso!
After the triumph of 2016's Far From Home, which went platinum in France and won her the Artist of the...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2018
Taurina
Not for nothing is Anelis Assumpção the daughter of the peculiar and rebellious Brazilian musician Itamar Assumpção. Itamar took part...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2018
Solid Ground
Mayo-born banjo player Shane Mulchrone makes a solid debut with his first long-player, Solid Ground. A veteran of the live...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2018
Queen City Jubilee
Seriously solid traditional bluegrass music, freshly interpreted and rendered with passion and precision for 21st-century ears; that's the formula used...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2018
Riva
Astrid Kuljanic Transatlantic Exploration Company
Not content with her training as a chemical engineer, Croatian Astrid Kuljanic decided after college to follow her first passion:...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2018
Night Chants – Native American Flute
Native American flute albums are oddities in the music business. They have a faithful audience, but not in the mainstream...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: July/2018
Unzip the Horizon
Unzip the Horizon is a remarkable document for many reasons. First and foremost there is Moira Smiley's voice, which commands...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2018
Te
Samurai Accordion is an international collective of virtuoso diatonic button squeezebox players: Riccardo Tesi and Simone Bottasso from Italy; Kepa...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2018
