Reviews

Vivat Vivere

I Fratelli Tarzanelli

Pablo Golder (diatonic accordion) and Baltazar Montanaro (baritone violin) have been playing together for a decade, touring and recording three...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Dominion

Melrose Quartet

This quartet is the combination of two duos – Nancy Kerr and James Fagan with Richard and Jess Arrowsmith –...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Makindu

Makindu

Formed by tabla player Randeep Kaur Bilkhu and clarinettist Timothy Wall, Makindu are named after a town in Kenya where...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Elbow Room

Danny Diamond

Following 2016's North, a set of bracing duos with Belfast-born fiddler Conor Caldwell, Elbow Room is the second solo offering...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Laissez Passer

TootArd

TootArd have finally released their debut album, Laissez Passer, seven years after forming the band. Although the members of TootArd...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

One With the Beloved

Shervin Boloorian

Oh dear. On paper, Shervin Boloorian ticks the right boxes. He's a refugee from Iran, raised in the UK, with...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

The Key

Blazin' Fiddles

What's not to love about Blazin' Fiddles? Comprising some of the best fiddlers on the Scottish traditional music scene today...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Virr

Sarah-Jane Summers

Sarah-Jane Summers is a Scottish fiddle and viola player, based in Norway. Many readers will know her as one half...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Tapestry

Navá

There are more connections between the musical traditions of Persia and Ireland than one might think at first. These four...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Blue Maqams

Anouar Brahem

This is a gently exquisite album, in which the finest and most innovative oud (lute) player and composer in Tunisia...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2018