Reviews

Cas

Lúnasa

Cas has several meanings in Irish: to turn, to twist, and to sing being among them. All are apt terms...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018

The Rough Guide to Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain

The tabla is India's best-known drum yet, traditionally, it was always ranked way down the pecking order of instruments, only...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2018

Rios de Norte y Sur

Radio Jarocho & Zenen Zeferino

Rios de Norte y Sur (Rivers from North and South) is the second album from New York City's Radio Jarocho...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2018

Joys Abound

Anandi Bhattacharya

Perhaps the most aptly named debut album of recent times, Joys Abound certainly lives up to its name. Anandi Bhattacharya's...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: October/2018

Somewhere

Dowally

Comprising Rachel Walker on fiddle and whistle, Phil Alexander on accordion and piano and Daniel Abrahams on guitar and double...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2018

Young Waters

Young Waters

Young Waters are led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Theo Passington with a trio of string players – violin, viola...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018

Turas 1980

Clannad

Banish all thoughts of the New Age-accented, ambient-washed sound that made Clannad a crossover phenomenon following the attention-grabbing success of...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018

Tongue & Groove

The Andrew Collins Trio

This is in fact two albums released together. Tongue and Groove are one disc of songs with vocals and a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2018

Kulku

SANS

SANS create exotic music. Kulku – the quintet's debut studio album (following a live record as a quartet in 2014)...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018

Fen, Farm & Deadly Water

The Shackleton Trio

As intimated by the title of this fresh second album, the Fens – the marshy region in Eastern England with...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018