Reviews
King of the Blind
Originally from California, now based in Boston, the young uilleann piper Joey Abarta names his second album after a tune...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2023
Balkan Express
Following the recent fusion-oriented album Enigma, Danish reedsman Bjonko Stosic and band return with a more traditional take on the...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2023
Archangel Hill
Close to Shirley Collins’ home in Lewes, Sussex, is Mount Caburn, a hill topped by an Iron Age fort, that...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2023
Off the Grid
‘The word [Onipa] means ‘human’ in Akan, the ancient language of the Ashanti people of Ghana,’ frontman Kweku Sackey (aka...
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: November/2023
Where Water Meets Water: Bird Songs & Lullabies
From Tuva via Moscow to Vienna, Sainkho here visits abandoned islands in the Venetian lagoon, improvising lyrical vocal lines, soft...
Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: July/2023
Komorebi Live
Dyad (Didier Laloy & Adrien Tyberghein)
The partnership of double bass with diatonic accordion might seem as unlikely as a romance between a Great Dane and...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2023
Conversations We’ve Had Before
With stalwart melodeon player Saul Rose and sympatico guitarist David Delarre, Eliza Carthy has hit on the perfect combination. They...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2023
Live at Café Oto
OKI is the tonkori-wielding bard famed for bringing the endangered music of the Ainu people of Hokkaido, one of Japan’s...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2023
Nothing But Green Willow
This album draws on songs collected by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles for their English Folk Songs from the Southern...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023
