Reviews
Nosotras Somos
In the male– dominated world of flamenco, all-female groups like Las Migas are still a rarity – even in Catalonia’s...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Griais
Named after her home village on Lewis in the Western Isles, Griais is Mackenzie’s first solo album. It’s a bright...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
The Makovecz Tour
Violinist Félix Lajkó is pretty well known in Hungary, but not so much outside – despite being one of the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
The Same But Different
Songlines readers may know Dan Walsh as one half of harmonica-banjo duo Walsh & Pound [featured as a Making Waves...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Hook
Mary MacMaster and Donald Hay form an interesting duo, playing harp and drums. MacMaster is also a member the all-female...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Weirdlore: Notes from the Folk Underground
Weirdlore is a tag conceived by fRoots magazine editor Ian Anderson to describe a disparate collection of artists and bands...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
The Whole Affair – The Very Best of Mary Coughlan
Four years since her last release, the finest jazz and blues singer Ireland has produced since the late Ottilie Patterson...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Broadside
Bellowhead are a heavy metal outfit, Reich-like minimalists, vocal harmony virtuosi, a brass-blasting jazz combo, a shanty crew and squeezebox-driven...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
Nordic Woman
Nordic Woman’s hauntingly beautiful opening flute melody could hail from any number of musical origins, but what follows is a...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2012
