Reviews
Yiddish Journey: The Music of Lenka Lichtenberg
For better or worse, Jewish song often contends with a dizzying array of demands, from dealing with painful memory to...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: May/2016
Song til Nordavinden
Jo Asgeir Lie has, for many years, played a prominent role in the Norwegian folk scene. As a highly regarded...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2016
Bali 1928 – Anthology: The First Recordings
If I told you this disc was recorded yesterday, you’d think it was the most cutting-edge thing you’d heard all...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: May/2016
Live at the Tabernacle
It's been ten years since the exquisite debut album by the British-born Palestinian singer and we really shouldn’t have had...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Distant Kin
Funded by the Scottish Arts council, this eight-track gem captures a collaboration between six Celtic and three Indian musicians from...
Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: May/2016
Music is My Home: Act 1
Raphaël Imbert is a French saxophonist who has undertaken several journeys into the Deep South of the US to experience...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2016
5ed Round
Ever thought that the Celts and the Arabs, or other Mediterranean people like the ancient Greeks, could be close relatives?...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: May/2016
Every Song Has its End: Sonic Dispatches from Traditional Mali
Over the last few years the Bamako-based producer Paul Chandler has travelled across Mali making field recordings of traditional musicians...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Son of Man
Britain's roots reggae scenes tended to grow in places where large numbers of Jamaicans settled, as you might expect. Birmingham's...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2016
If Wishes Were Horses
You get the feeling that if Kris Drever were to sing ‘My Way’, the ‘regrets, I’ve had a few’ line...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016
