Reviews
Esperanto
Dimitris Mystakidis’ avowed mission is to restore acoustic folk guitar to its rightful place in Greek popular music, long dominated...
Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2016
Dusty Road
Klezmer might provide the heart of this quartet’s repertoire, but they also welcome added inputs, including tango, Gypsy jazz and...
Reviewed by Marain Longley in issue: October/2020
Einpikkar’n
A member of Norway's famous traditional dance-troupe FRIKAR, Ulf-Arne Johannessen is a national champion of the halling dance, one designed...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2015
Songs of Struggle & Hope
The veteran Mexican singer-guitarist Lira graduated from fieldwork to songwriting in 1965, championing Chicano equality via theatre and music, while...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017
Our Earth and Water
Georgian polyphony is one of the great vocal traditions of the world. Complex harmonies, laced with dissonance, clash and resolve...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2016
II
L’Orchestre du Montplaisant are a London-based quartet, although their members are originally from Russia and France, which makes for an...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
Chaim Tannenbaum
Anyone who knows Loudon Wainwright III or Kate and Anna McGarrigle's music will be familiar with the work of Chaim...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2016
Tívils Døtur
This storybook of songs and legends from the Faroe Islands is suffused with both melancholy and mischief. It's the debut...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2017
We Happy Few
Accomplished instrumentalists Ford Collier (guitars, whistles, percussion and vocals) and Alex Garden (fiddle, percussion and vocals) have been playing together...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2017
La Mentirosa
Pop, world, rock and indigenous folk aren't tidied up into pigeonholes in Italy. With her third release, Italian singer-songwriter Flo...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018
