Reviews
Tango
You may well be apprehensive about hearing this. Israeli singer Yasmin Levy has a dramatic style that really suits the...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Vessel of Love
Reggae fans still unaware of Hollie Cook should be very excited. Describing her music as ‘tropical pop,’ the West London...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018
On the Edge
This isn't Frank Solivan's first rodeo by any stretch, but On the Edge, his debut recording for Compass, could be...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2013
Gather the Good
Potently blending Irish traditional music, bluegrass and old-time Americana, We Banjo 3's 2012 debut Roots of the Banjo Tree saw...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014
Black Roots
This second album from Julio Montoro y Alma Latina is a slick and unashamedly commercial Latin American album from the...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2019
Elbow Room
Following 2016's North, a set of bracing duos with Belfast-born fiddler Conor Caldwell, Elbow Room is the second solo offering...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
First Light
To record a fresh, innovative album that retains the charm of a century-old genre is quite an achievement. On the debut...
Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: June/2019
Ingen Hverdag
The Valkyrien Allstars have been big news in the Norwegian folk scene in recent years, winning awards for their feisty...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2012
Rio Samba
Uh-oh. Rio… samba, sun and Olympic Games spring to mind. Something tawdry, perhaps, to cash in on the hullabaloo. Not...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2016
