Reviews
Original Album Series
Enrique Morente, who died in 2010, was one of the most important figures in the history of recorded flamenco. Considered...
Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Naaljos Ljom
I like my Norwegian folk music with an earthy, gritty, dirt under the fingernails sort of sound. I wasn't expecting...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2021
Lios
There’s a fair amount of pedigree behind this fascinating release. Hanna Ekström is one of Sweden’s foremost violinists, having previously...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/February/2023
Gone Away Backward
There should be a special award for this kind of high-level deployment of a musical ensemble. Fulks, a skilled acoustic...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Time Does Not Exist for Light
One shouldn’t have to begin by pointing out that sitar player Josh Feinberg is American, but non-Indian sitarists of this...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2020
Pelao
There's something oddly familiar about the cover of this album – it's the sort of out-there artwork that only Belgian's...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)
I doubt there will be a more evocative, or valuable, Irish traditional music disc released this year than this spellbinding...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020
So Long at the Fair
Janelle studied the cello before heading into the worlds of improvised music, contemporary dance and traditional folk, and the Ottawa...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014
Revolutionary Minds
Zephaniah may be best known as a poet but, over the years, he's made occasional albums marrying dub and reggae...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2017
