Reviews
Discover Japanese Taiko
Taiko is a term that covers an array of Japanese drums (known as wadaiko). Since the mid-20th century, taiko has...
Reviewed by Darran Smith in issue: May/2017
Bhutan Himalaya: Folk Music from Bhutan
This album seems to hark back to earlier, more simple times. Bhutan, bordering India and Tibet, conjures up images of...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: May/2017
The Janus Game
Two stalwarts of the English folk scene come together on The Janus Game. The rousing title-track sets the scene with...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2017
So Much to Defend
As a certain Nobel Prize-winning songwriter once wrote, ‘people are crazy, times are strange’ and that has rarely been so...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2017
Stick in the Wheel Present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings
‘Field Recordings’ carries with it the exciting suggestion that Stick in the Wheel have sought out unheard music performed by...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2017
After All These Years
Lakeman is a familiar name: there's Seth, Sean and Sam, all of them famous musicians. Geoff is their father and,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2017
Tirade
First performing together during a packed session in Glasgow in 2013, Eddie Seaman (pipes, whistle and bouzouki) and Luc McNalty...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2017
Terraforming in Analogue Space: IRL Remixes 2000-2015
This double album compilation curated by Nick ‘Dubulah’ Page celebrates the 100th release of IRL Records. It is a masterclass...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: April/2017
