Reviews

Drops Genuine Negro Jig

Carolina Chocolate

Choosing to resuscitate a near-extinct musical tradition is as curious a decision as it is admirable. Nobody seems to have...

Reviewed by Nigel Tassell in issue: March/2010

Tales

Firasso

In trying to sum up the output of German instrumental trio Firasso, the best I can do is chamber folk....

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Sense of the Place

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Folk clubs and artists were hit hard by the pandemic, and Stonehaven, twice voted the BBC Alba Folk Club of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2022

Toma Tu Jabón Kapax

Los Pirañas

It's so rare these days to And music that sounds completely fresh, that is in any way different to everything...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013

What Makes You

Elephant Sessions

Indie folk champions Elephant Sessions return with their second album, and a cracker it is too. Winners of Live Act...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Songs Beyond Words

A Moving Sound

Performing together for more than 20 years, the husband and wife team of vocalist Mia Hsieh, a Taiwan native, and...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: March/2021

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Although double-winner Daoirí Farrell is missing from the tracklist (presumably for contractual reasons) it is only a minor quibble with...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2017

Rob

Rob

The opening track of this album starts with a chant of ‘Funky, funky, funky Rob!’ and I'll tell you what...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2019

Banjaxed

Ciarán Ryan

Banjaxed finds Ciarán Ryan stepping confidently out from the ranks of Edinburgh-based world-folk fusionistas Dallahan to deliver a masterclass in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020

The Hour of Separation

Joseph Tawadros

Joe Tawadros’ last CD The Prophet was a delightful surprise, full of promise. In February 2010 the young Egyptian-Australian oud...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: March/2011