Reviews
Hold Fast
‘This record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020
When I Wait For You
For the success of her widely acclaimed 2019 Smithsonian Folkways release, Songs of Our Native Daughters (reviewed in #147), Rhiannon...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2020
Voices of Ashkenaz
This is a fascinating recording that evolved out of the Yiddish Summer Weimar festival, which unites serious Jewish music research...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2017
Womama
Hailing from Guinea, living in Paris and with spiritual roots in Mali and Gambia, Djeli Moussa Condé's experience is one...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2015
Camin d'Estèlas
Coriandre consist of five middle-aged men who all possess great dexterity on a variety of instruments – vocalist Yves Masson...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2019
Unearthing
This pairing of folk veterans comprises singer James Patterson and instrumentalist (and concertina maker) John Dipper, who has played with...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021
El Sentido del Aire
Flamenco guitarist Juan Carmona has created yet another beautiful and exciting disc, full of ideas and imagination. Carmona's way of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Dear Sister
The 59-year-old singer, songwriter, session vocalist and bandleader Claire Lynch recently signed with Compass Records after a long 18 years...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013
Dúchas
Button accordionist O'Reilly stays close to home in his first solo outing on disc with material drawn from his native...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020
