Reviews
Off Beaten Tracks
There’s a palpable electricity to an Urban Folk Quartet gig. It surges through the musicians and into the crowd when...
Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: July/2012
Gondwana Dawn
In paleogeography, Gondwana is the name given to the landmass that 200 million years ago joined what we now know...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Wavelength
Bene & Cormac are Glaswegian fiddler Benedict Morris, newly anointed as BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year,...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2019
Route & Roots
Lebanese-born singer-songwriter Abaji is now based in France but draws his music from a wide range of sources, following his...
Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: June/2016
Wild Hog
Wild Hog is the follow-up to Lucy Farrell, Emily Portman, Rachel Newton and Alasdair Roberts’ collaborative debut, At Our Next...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016
Iran: The Masters of Music, Vol 1
In the 19th century, the once orally transmitted modal tradition of Persian classical music was canonised into a repertoire known...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2021
The Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar
To produce a compilation of Ravi Shankar must surely be one of the most daunting tasks, given the wealth of...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Aug/Sep/2018
We Are Going to Bremen to be Musicians
Geoff Berner is an accordionist, singer and songwriter. This album quickly establishes that he's Jewish and Canadian – both subjects...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2016
Fossils
There has been an enormous buzz around Fossils, the solo debut album by Aoife O’Donovan. The hype is understandable, given...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour offers further proof that Leigh and Eric Gibson – deemed Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023
