Reviews

Varieties

Alma

Varieties opens with music that straddles British folk and baroque dance, before moving off in a very different direction: a...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017

Bergå Folk Project

Bergå Folk Project

Sometimes, even the best folk bands can make an album that feels a bit like another re-hash of the tried...

Reviewed by James Rorison in issue: October/2022

Follow Me Down

Sarah Jarosz

When your big break comes at the age of 12, jamming on-stage with the likes of Ricky Skaggs and David...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2011

Visuma Vizoša Tumsa

ZeMe

ZeMe was created by two Latvian musicians: DJ Monsta (Uldis Cirulis) and kokle (traditional Latvian zither) master Laima Jansone. Their...

Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: November/2019

Solo

Anna Ekborg

Ekborg’s role in the Swedish folk scene is as soloist as well as being part of the popular ensemble Northern...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022

Lamomali

Lamomali

There is an uncredited English saying: ‘Be not deceived with the appearance of things, for show is not substance.’ It...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: August/2017

Criollo Electrik

Roberto López

After leading a number of big bands in Canada, where he is based, López has switched to a small combo...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2018

Odisea

Andreas Arnold

The third album from the German flamenco guitarist Andreas Arnold sees him returning to the classical and jazz improvisation that...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019

Kalo-Yele

Aly Keïta, Jan Galega Brönnimann, Lucas Niggli

A trio built around the sound of the balafon (West African xylophone), bass clarinet and percussion sounds like a promising...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2016

Call of Bangalore

Jyotsna Srikanth

Before hearing this wonderfully recorded and produced album, I had only encountered the London-based violinist as a versatile performer of...

Reviewed by Rolf Killius in issue: Aug/Sept/2013