Reviews
Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark
Welsh acoustic finger stylist Gwenifer Raymond's second album, Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain (2020), saw a huge leap forward from...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Gabriele Poso presents Ritmo Italiano: ‘Unspoken Sounds of Italian Tamburo’
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
One of Mr Bongo's stocks-in-trade is unusual compilations, and this one is certainly out of the ordinary. The Sardinian compiler,...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Koren
Born out of encounters between field songs, grand opera and Latin music in a New Orleans port (among other things),...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
It Was All Heart
Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Ward Dhoore has been touring globally for over a decade in numerous projects, including string trio...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Whaling Women
Riding the wave (pun intended) of the sea shanty trend, this is the second release from the all-female group hailing...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Stemmer i Voks
Stemmer i Voks, from Danish folktronica pioneers Ulla Bendixen and Martin Ottosen, core members of seminal band Sorten Muld, is...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
The Ballad of the Gatekeeper
English folk music, in finding its commercial feet over the past decade or so, has become easier on the ear,...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Yörüklük
Elena Hristova has performed with the Macedonian group Baklava since 2006, but now for her solo career she calls herself,...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
Terra Mãe
When she metamorphosed from Carolina to LINA_, the Portuguese singer signalled that she would leave traditional fado behind and venture...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
New Music for the 6 String Guitar
Rhayader guitarist Toby Hay's latest work sees his newly commissioned Fylde Ariel acoustic take centre stage on a solo album...
Reviewed in issue September/2025
