Reviews
Ancient Lights
Uniting of Opposites is a trio that have pursued radically different musical trajectories. Bassist Ben Hazleton cut his teeth on...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2018
The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960¬2010
Here are 73 songs lasting almost five hours, written over half a century. This is a life’s work. It’s the...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Chiaroscuro
Baird Hersey & Prana with Nexus
A collaboration on many levels, this album brings the innovative instrument-building skills of Garry Kvistad, the multiphonic singing abilities of...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2016
As Catedrais Silenciadas
Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre
‘Illas de Sal’, the final track of As Catedrais Silenciadas, was built around one of the countless field recordings that...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Nomad Songs
For his 21st ECM album, Stephan Micus employs no fewer than nine instruments from different cultures, but focuses principally on...
Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: October/2015
Cold Light
The Bideford-based folk duo's last album celebrated Devonian postman poet Edward Capern, but with Cold Light the two fiddle players,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2020
North
The elder sister of Cara and former frontwoman of 90s Irish powerhouse Déanta, Mary Dillon has followed up her 2010...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2013
Hard Row to Hoe
On their debut, this group from Boulder, Colorado do the traditions of bluegrass and old-time music proud, both when covering...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2016
Lichtungen
The hurdy-gurdy is an instrument that lurks slightly in the shadows. It appears in a few folk bands, like Blowzabella,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2016
Tell ’Em You Were Gold
In 2007, when Jason and Pharis met at a fiddle jam, the former’s reputation as a banjo luthier extraordinaire was...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/September/2022
