Reviews
Pete Seeger in England
For most of the 1950s, Pete Seeger was unable to travel outside the US due to the persecution of senator...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016
Estrela Acesa
Estrela Acesa (Burning Star), is Sessa’s second full-length project and the first album out on Mexican Summer. The São Paulo-born...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/September/2022
La Tsadika
I reviewed Mor Karbasi’s debut album The Beauty and the Sea five years ago with heady enthusiasm. Her vibrant vocal...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2014
Fazer e Cantar
Diana HP’s heart lies in Minas Gerais, Brazil’s landlocked, literary heartland. Larger than France – where she resides – Minas...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2022
Finnish Folk Songs Vol 1
No one has done more in recent years for the jouhikko (the traditional Finnish bowed lyre) than Pekko Käppi. He...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2020
Ceilidh
Ceilidh, the third album from the self¬proclaimed enfants terribles of the English folk-dance scene, is a curious beast. Opening with...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Meeting Point: Live at the Liverpool Philharmonic
Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky
Recorded live at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this stirring album brings together Scottish fiddling from the ubiquitous Aly Bain with...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014
Breathe Out
Having grown up at somewhat of a crossroads between Britain, France and Spain, Luna Silva, fortified by fellow musicians The...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2022
Camino de Fuego
Antonio Moreno and his band have been working under the radar in the Spanish underground for almost two decades since...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2015
