Reviews
The Journey Continues: Fellside at 40
This release comprises three discs, the first two concentrating on the ten years since the Fellside label's previous compilation Landmarks,...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Madre: The Hypnotic Dance's Time
Born in Latium's historic town of Sora, the Italian-French singer and diatonic accordionist Giuliano Gabriele here presents his second album,...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Reprobates
‘The Steam Arm Man’, which opens this new set from the rock’n’ceilidh barnstormers from York, sports a Black Sabbath-style riff...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Belenzuka Fallen from the Sky
Tomka Paunovic, Dragica Žunic, Miloljub Šakovic & Miroljub Raketic
The two pairs of singers on this uncompromising recording – one male and one female – come from south-eastern Serbia...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Aheym: Homeward
Each member of this trio brings serious klezmer credentials with them. Merlin Shepherd's clarinet playing can also be heard with...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
The Long Way Home
Since joining forces more than two decades ago, Devon duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer have become not only a...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Un Çhengey: One Tongue
One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Šatrika
Čači Vorba is the name of the group, but it's vocalist and fiddler Maria Natanson who is the star of...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
Vivir Sin Miedo
Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
The Tambourine Man
Xabier Diaz & Adufeiras de Salitre
A soft shake of the tambourine and a lonely drumbeat introduce ‘Xota Delira’, the opening track on this daring experiment...
Reviewed in issue March/2016
