Reviews
Nova Era
Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra (BGKO)
The quality of musicianship on this latest offering from the extraordinary Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra is never in doubt; the...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Now We are Four
Now that no one's taking live music for granted, it makes the release of a new live album from Devon...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Such Times
Steve Tilston made his first album, An Acoustic Confusion, in 1971, gaining a place in a cohort of exceptional guitar-playing...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
The Sound of Telemark
Drive three hours west of Oslo and nature beckons. There are farms, trees laden with red apples in late summer,...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Native Music 15: Traditional, Folk & World Music from Latvia
Throughout their history the peoples of the Baltic have, sometimes at great cost, maintained their national and cultural identities, in...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Grifone
A primadonna in contemporary Italian folk, Maria Mazzotta lives between her hometown Salento and the French Pyrenees. She has a...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Jubel
Two decades ago a group of young folk musicians said farewell to the Norwegian State Music Academy and decided to...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Solas an Lae
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O'Brien
Fiddler Ultan O'Brien and singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin have been one of Ireland's best-kept secrets in recent years. Having first...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Jamboree: The Album
Now here's a really cheering and worthwhile project, which is exactly what you would expect from Oily Cart. It's a...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
