Reviews
Albion Voice
She's a one-woman show wrapped in the colours of leftfield folk pop, Indian strings, art ensemble music and a broad...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013
On Bluestockings
A graduate of Newcastle University’s Folk and Traditional Music degree course, McCormick was involved in the Song Links 2 project...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2013
El Mutakallimûn
At a time when a handful of extremists are committing unspeakable atrocities in a perverted jihadist interpretation of Islam, Souad...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2015
Ragas & Talas/India's Master Musician
This double album presents two of the earliest releases of the late sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Ragas & Talas was...
Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2016
Big Like This
When Corrina Hewat and David Milligan boldly launched this folk big-band back in 2003 they recruited a Who’s Who of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011
Turning Back
It's not often that a Middle Eastern CD comes along for review that is jointly sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2015
Clear Skies
For the follow-up to their largely mellow and laidback 2012 debut, Open the Door for Three, Belfast trio Réalta have...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
RDS-202
KermesZ à l'Est are not only the wildest Balkan band in Belgium, but probably on the planet. I first encountered...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2020
The Deepest Breath
2020’s Solas an Lae saw Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin striking away from his Skipper’s Alley roots in the company of Ultan...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023
Pondelorum
Long celebrated as the founder of Irish traditional group Kíla, Eoin Dillon's lyrical uilleann pipe and whistle playing provides the...
Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: March/2017
