Reviews

MARÉ

MARÉ

Fishermen and their special connection to the sea have always had a pull on literature and music. Maybe it's because...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Early Home Recordings

Sandy Denny

Recorded at home to her finger-picking accompaniment in Wimbledon in 1966 and 1967 – Denny's performing debut was at Kingston's...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Cuckoo

Lemon Bucket Orkestra

Toronto-based Lemon Bucket Orchestra are Canada's version of Gogol Bordello and, like Eugene Hütz, it seems a good many of...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

We

Vigüela

Vigüela, a traditional Central Spanish folk quintet, take inspiration from US ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, using the Castillian songbook as a...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

8 Sonneurs pour Philip Glass

Erwan Keravec

Breton sonneur Keravec has long taken the bagpipes into new territories; no mean feat for an instrument so ancient. Early...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Sem Palavras (feat Iván ‘Melon’ Lewis)

Marta Pereira da Costa

‘Queen of the Portuguese Guitar’, Pereira da Costa may only be on her second album, but her trailblazing reputation as...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

SÁLA

Kati Rán

Dutch performer Kati Rán describes her music as ‘dark Nordic folk’ revealing her deep affinity with Norse mythology. The title...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Barefoot in Bryophyte

Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus

Already a fan, I was lucky enough to see the first public outing of this project in Voss Jazz Festival...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Folklórica

Lars Bech Pilgaard

Folklórica is a dispatch from the world of Danish experimental guitar. It contends that the instrument has under-explored potential, which...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Oriental Mirrors

Multumult

Romanian improvising unit Multumult have released four studio sessions, but this is their first live album, recorded at Bucharest’s Green...

Reviewed in issue October/2024