Reviews
Stafnbúi
Steindór Andersen & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
In recent years the Icelandic singer (and fisherman) Steindór Andersen has revived the art of rímur singing, performing these ancient...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Rye Groove
Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band was born to party. Their unstoppable, urgent playing, mixed with rock-style stage performances has earned...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Eve's Bonie Squad
Discerning souls like Martin Green, Kris Drever and Chris Wood are already fans of this idiosyncratic Scottish songwriter. But unless...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Vitsa
Yiannis Chaldoupis & Moukliomos
I was bowled over by the sound quality and track selection on the UK label JSP's archival rebetika box-set of...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Europa
This is a re-release of the Bavarian brass-band-cum-techno outfit's second album, although it's not entirely clear why an album that...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Into the Well
It is surely a testament to the staying power of The Poozies that, although the all-female British folk group formed...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Murmurs
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr just won Folk Singer of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Martin Simpson is no...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
The Spyglass & The Herringbone
In the traditional song ‘John Blunt,’ a couple retire to bed then remember they’ve forgotten to lock their door. They...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
Songs of Thessaloniki
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico
Since the 1990s, Greek soprano Savina Yannatou has established herself as an experimental interpreter of pan-Mediterranean folk songs. Primavera en...
Reviewed in issue July/2015
