Reviews
Obacht! Musik aus Bayern 2
You will, no doubt, have heard of the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp and the American Alan Lomax. But...
Reviewed by Mark Espiner in issue: June/2011
Lo Mau d'Amor
Singers Paola Lombardo and Valeria Benigni are vocalists with distinctively different qualities: the former retaining her jazz upbringing, the latter...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2011
The Impossible Song & Other Songs
The former Idlewild singer follows his acclaimed album Before the Ruin, made as a trio with guitarist and singer Kris...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Ashk'farad
Listening to these 65 minutes worth of takeaway klezmer interspersed with the odd Ladino number, the words solid, diligent and...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2011
Festival Bell
Umpteen albums have come and gone since the original Fairport line-up started playing West Coast pop covers in 1967. As...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Future Trad Collective
The Future Trad Collective's music has the aura of a mighty jam session. The creation of three musicians who all...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011
Tyro
What an assured and brilliant debut this is. Rua Macmillan was awarded the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011
Batuque and Finaçon
This collection showcases two of Cape Verde's most traditional and resolutely African musical styles – batuque and finaçon – which...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2011
Together
The Mercury Music Prize – arguably Britain's premier album award – has a reputation for destroying rather than making careers....
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011
Oak Ash Thorn
The legend and music of Peter Bellamy looms large over the new generation of British folk stars. Many of them...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: June/2011
