Reviews
Gypsy Unity
Angelo Debarre & Marius Apostol
Born to a caravan-dwelling, Romani Manouche family, Angelo Debarre grew up with the music of Django Reinhardt. He began learning...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Charge
Alumni of the folk music degree course at Newcastle University, this energetic five-piece make a very modern marriage of ceilidh...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Me Sijum Underground/I Am Underground
There's long been an underground Roma rap scene across Eastern Europe – in the late noughties Czech rapper GypsyCZ attracted...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
A Lindisfarne Gospel
In the early eighth century on Holy Island in Northumberland, a man named Eadfrith, working alone, created a glorious masterpiece,...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Si Vita Si
If you're imagining Barbara Furtuna as a comely chanteuse from mainland France – perhaps you've spotted that Jacques Brel's ‘Song...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
One for the Pot
All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
The Hum
A neighbour of Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow brought them news that the sale of a house close by had...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Turas
Now this is interesting. A collaboration between Swedish multi-instrumentalist Marit Fält and Oban-born fiddler Rona Wilkie, BBC Scotland's Young Traditional...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
Fiona Hunter
The eponymously titled debut album from Malinky vocalist and cellist Fiona Hunter marks her out as a formidable and talented...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
At Our Next Meeting
The Furrow Collective is a four-piece comprising some of the leading young lights in English and Scottish folk and traditional...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2014
