Reviews
Gryningsland
This Swedish-Finnish trio's name is their mission statement: they enliven the Nordic folk canon with avant-garde influences, finding a pleasing...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2018
Hard Bargain
Murphy is a fiery and intense fiddler. He has mastered all the propulsive, locomotive tricks and licks of old-time and...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2018
Bu Bir Ruya
The Dirtmusic duo has now become a trio, with guitarists Hugo Race and Chris Eckman being joined by saz (lute)...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2018
Mother
George Xylouris and Jim White are a mesmerising double act, what with the Cretan laouto player and singer's nimble string...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2018
Bahaghari
Broadway star Lea Salonga is one of the most famous singers in the Philippines. To showcase the incredible diversity of...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2018
Kardajala Kirridarra
This fine debut comes from a new vocal quartet featuring three Aboriginal women from the Northern Territory outback communities of...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
Between the Sky & Prairie
The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho
Daniel Ho is a Grammy-winning Hawaiian musician and producer, best known for his innovative work on the ukulele. On Between...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2018
We Have Tigers
I have mixed feelings about We Have Tigers, the debut folk album of the Finnish-English artist Inga Liljeström. Let's deal...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2018
Fel Az Úton
My favourite band at this year's Budapest Ritmo festival was this young quintet, based in Budapest, with a distinctly Balkan...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018
Ballébé: Calling All Africans
If a solo album by a veteran Malian percussionist whose only instrument is the hollow gourd calabash doesn't sound over-enticing,...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018
