Reviews
Hide and Hair
Originally from North Wales and Yorkshire, The Trials of Cato are a trio who got together while they were living...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Bass & Mandolin
Classical bass player Edgar Meyer and bluegrass mandolinist Chris Thile first teamed up on a 2008 duets album that fused...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Cumbias Internacionales
Tita Duval y El Nuevo Ritmo de Bobby Rey
This reissue from Vampisoul is a star-studded album, headed up by the Argentinian couple Roberto Rey and Tita Duval. Duval...
Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019
The Witching Tale
I’m afraid I was all too ready to dismiss this eponymous debut album as just so much airy-fairy hokum. The...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: January/February/2022
Fiesta Balkanica
World music compilations tend to fall into two categories: a selection put together with deep knowledge of a particular region...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Apr/May/2010
Dot the Dragon's Eyes
The surest vindication of the praise bestowed on Cassel by the Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser is the final track of...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014
The Janus Game
Two stalwarts of the English folk scene come together on The Janus Game. The rousing title-track sets the scene with...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2017
Netherbow
Orkney duo Saltfishforty is comprised of Douglas Montgomery on fiddle, viola and mandolin, with Brian Cromarty on vocals, guitar, mandola...
Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010
2011: A Space Odyssey
The liner notes of this debut album say that the release is a tribute to the ‘musicians of Cambodia's Golden...
Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
