Reviews
Hjeltamôs
Per Gudmundson & Bengan Janson
A crackling fire under a summer sky, dried flowers on a windowsill, a wistful smile and the coolness of grass...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2018
Songhive: Beelore & Folksong in the British Isles
Folk music often has a special relationship with the native flora and fauna of the land from which it springs....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: October/2018
Oj Borom, Borom
Maniucha Bikont & Ksawery Wojcinski
This beautifully produced set comes with a fascinating essay from singer Maniucha Bikont about the source of these songs, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
Choral Music from Persia
In light of recent events concerning Iran this previously unreleased recording from 1978 seems fortuitously well-timed. Not least because it...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
North India: Sangeet Trio in Concert
This live recording of ‘Raga Jog’, made in Paris in 1995, brought together for the first time three fascinating representatives...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
An Introduction to Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy's current combo is The Wayward Band. It's a good name: she has, throughout her career, championed English folk...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
KUNE
KUNE: Canada's Global Orchestra
Toronto is a famously cosmopolitan city in an increasingly multicultural country, and KUNÉ was a project deliberately created to reflect...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
Ponguru
On the surface this may seem like an odd pairing, but the combination of New Zealanders Fraser and Boniface actually...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
