Reviews
Local Stranger
Classically trained Alkinoos Ioannidis has been recording and performing world-wide since 1993. One of the younger generation of guitar-playing Greek...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
O Mistério
It hasn’t been easy since Teresa Salgueiro left Portugal’s Madredeus. While the band are still looking for a fitting substitute...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Este Fado
When in doubt about a new fado voice, look for Carlos do Carmo’sendorsement. If his name shows up in a...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Fonn
Five voices, one family, three generations, and a treasury of Gaelic song – the Campbells of Greepe, near Dunvegan on...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Mairearad & Anna
Opening with the playfully jazzy intro of ‘Tatties & Ham’ and concluding with the stirring pipe march of ‘New Claes,...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
A Quiet House
At the heart of Julie Murphy’s austerely beautiful album is her song ‘You Are Flown From Me’. She sings of...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Mediterranean Songs
Melos is an ambitious gathering of the musical traditions of three Mediterranean countries – Spain, Tunisia and Greece. The album’s...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Ruminantia
From their beginnings as an enjoyable, slightly quirky, folk-inflected early music band, Horses Brawl have developed into a very different...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Picnic
Otherwise known as accordionist Sam Pirt andpercussionist Gary Hammond, The Hut People bring to their second full-length album much of...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
In the Shadow of Stromboli
Reel magic in the form of ‘Rockin the Boat’, a rollicking instrumental set of three tunes from Galway and Québec,...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
