Reviews
Mud, Blood & Beer
Not many observers might have expected comedian Adrian Edmondson’s jiggery-jokery folk-punk outfit to last beyond a few gigs, let alone...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2013
The Ultimate Guide to Spanish Folk
A useful corrective to anyone who associates Spain only with flamenco, this CD covers folk music from almost all of...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Glad Gold Hearts
The debut offering from the Rheingans siblings embraces eclecticism with gusto. Repeated listening brings into sharp and sassy focus an...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
La Noche Más Larga
As the sultry faux-40s black and white photo on the CD cover might suggest, Buika has changed direction on her...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band
The great accordion player John Kirkpatrick played on the album Morris On; he worked with the Albion Band onthe famous...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Himlen Har Sove Bort Mørkret
Sigrid Moldestad is highly respected for her fiddle and Hardanger playing, not to mention her singing. For years she’s been...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Breathe
Laura-Beth Salter, one-sixth of the all– women group The Shee, first performed the songs and music that make up this,...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Grippy Grappa
The trio Monsieur Doumani formed a couple of years ago in Cyprus with Angelos lonas on guitar and vocals, Demetris...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
The Rough Guide to Flamenco
It is a huge challenge to do justice to an entire culture with a single CD. You have to decide...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
Single Flame
This is the Derby– born singer’s follow-up to 2011’s Adelphi Has to Fly. Since then, she’s been part of the...
Reviewed in issue October/2013
