Reviews
Broken Down Gentlemen
Faustus was the man with the magic touch, though it came at the price of damnation. Faustus the band share...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
L’amour Fou
It’s been 50 years, incredibly, since Françoise Hardy’s first single introduced a demurely beautiful Parisienne to the top ranks of...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Yidishe Lider
Yidishe Lider is the fruit of an extraordinary project to honour the life and work of Arkady Gendler, who was...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Los Nostres Vices e Pecats
Els Berros de la Cort are the musical equivalent of a re-enactment group, performing material from the medieval Catalan and...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
The Devil’s Lentil Soup
London-based, German-born violinist Gundula Gruen has long been a shining star in the UK’s Balkan music scene. Her huge musical...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
December Moon
If you’ve a weak spot for sweet vocal harmonies, pop hooks and a soft musical bedding-down in the folk traditions...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
A Country’s Soul: 1945-1957
The great, groundbreaking monarch of Portuguese fado hasn’t really been given her due in » terms of disc space in...
Reviewed in issue June/2013
Bad Old Songs
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
American-born, Berlin-based Daniel Kahn is one of the most interesting arrivals on the klezmer scene in the last few years....
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Folkpolitik
Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona
In the wake of the Arab Spring, multi¬instrumentalist Stefano Saletti and his acoustic ensemble have interpreted songs telling of centuries...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
Flash Company
There’s a fine line between music that’s tight and that which is so polished it has lost its soul. For...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013
