Reviews
The Key
What's not to love about Blazin' Fiddles? Comprising some of the best fiddlers on the Scottish traditional music scene today...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Virr
Sarah-Jane Summers is a Scottish fiddle and viola player, based in Norway. Many readers will know her as one half...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Belem & the MeKanics
Belem are a duo, consisting of diatonic accordionist Didier Laloy and cellist Kathy Adam. Laloy met Walter Hus, who provides...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
The Wife of Urban Law
This splendid set from fiddler Peter Knight, with guitarist Roger Flack and percussionist Sacha Trochet, oozes confidence from the start,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks
The band name (pronounced Kree-ess) means ‘Bonfire’ in old Croatian dialect, but Kries certainly aren't incinerating the old folk songbooks....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Queens of Fado: The Next Generation
Not that long ago, no youngster in their right mind would confess to liking fado in Portugal. In the years...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Balkantron
Many casual listeners today tend to think any music from Eastern Europe is Balkan – which sees even Gogol Bordello...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
A Burdensome Year
Sometimes on this Yorkshireman's second album, Pike's downbeat vocal with guitar and strings can feel over-familiar, as can some lyrics:...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk
This richly varied introduction to the Welsh folk music tradition is an important contribution from the lesser known and often...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
WinterFolk
Christmas albums are like buses – you wait for ages then a whole fleet comes along. Yet few Yuletide sets...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
