Reviews
Summer Isles
Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016
Forgotten Kingdom
It's been more than a decade since Causley's debut album and his career has encompassed vocal trio The Devil's Interval,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016
Past the Gates
Russian bands have only featured intermittently on the world music scene – one thinks of Sergei Starostin, the Terem Quartet...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2016
Populaj Kantoj
Massimo Ferrante's latest album reflects the politics that are the major influence on his life and music. The Calabrian-born, Naples-resident...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2016
Dingue Marrow
Mohsen Sharifian and Lian Music Band
A recent trend among popular musicians in Iran has been the creation of fusions of various kinds, including mixing traditional...
Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: May/2016
Assi: A Story of a Syrian River
The name of this album is derived from a river near Hama that is said to be the only river...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2016
Too Big World
On Too Big World, their latest self-released album, the Bumper Jacksons run the gamut of rootsy American repertoire with easy...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016
Flock and Fly
The English concertina player and Sweden-based fiddler released their first album together in 2006, and between then and the set...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016
I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax in the Evangeline Country
Co-produced by Joel Savoy and Joshua Clegg Caffery, and based on Caffery's scholarly tome, Traditional Music in Coastal Louisiana: The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2016
My Love and Music
He may be 80 this year and still touring, but this pair of reissues turn the clock back half a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
