Reviews
Fitxadu
It has been quite a while since we last heard of Sara Tavares. Due to health problems, the Portuguese singer...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2018
Farewell, Alligator Man: A Tribute to the Music of Jimmy C Newman
Jimmy C Newman died aged 84 in 2014 having, across his long life, helped popularise Cajun music with country music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Chewing the Fat
There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018
Don’t Ask Silly Questions
Don’t Ask Silly Questions is a remarkable compilation of popular Yiddish songs that were heard in London's East End in...
Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: April/2018
Young Night Thought
Kirsty Law is a singer-songwriter from the Scottish Borders who has a Folk and Traditional Music degree from Newcastle University....
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018
Foxglove & Fuschia
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's first solo album in five years sees the former Danú frontwoman returning to her West Kerry roots...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2018
Language of the Heart
Santiago Quartet with Julian Rowlands
Who exactly is playing here – and playing what – is a challenge to explain. The Santiago Quartet are UK-based...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018
Lebanon Elevator
Kamel Nitrate are to all intents and purposes a fusion band, mixing funk, trip-hop and Arab drum styles. Unfortunately, the...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2018
Olagón
Inspired by the ancient Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, the story being recast by poet Paul Muldoon as a caustic,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2018
