Reviews
Algarabya
The obvious point of reference for La Banda Morisca (The Moorish Band) is the now-defunct Radio Tarifa, with whom they...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Between River and Railway
Dumfries and Galloway have always been a fertile ground for powerful Scottish singers and songwriters and it is clear this...
Reviewed in issue July/2016
Red Diesel
It's been a long five years since the trio of singer Lucy Wright, fiddler Tom Kitching and one-man-band Edwin Beasant...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Dvojka
Born in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, Damir Imamović is one of the leading names in the country's dynamic new sevdah...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Hungarian Noir: A Tribute to the Gloomy Sunday
Thankfully the song ‘Gloomy Sunday’ does not directly cause people to commit suicide. Otherwise I would be 12 times deceased...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Voice of the People: “It Was Mighty!” – The Early Days of Irish Music in London
These two sets of field recordings – from the pubs, clubs, ballrooms, bars, private rooms, Irish centres and occasional radio...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Pa’ki Pa’ka
Raised in Sweden and Australia and trained as a classical guitarist, Robert Svärd fell into flamenco from a distance, but...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
Lema Lema
New York-based Eva Salina has grown up surrounded by Balkan music. On Lema Lema she has created an album that...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
The River
The River is Napier's first solo album, and a rather intriguing and exciting one it is too. Napier is a...
Reviewed in issue June/2016
