Reviews
The Days That Shaped Me
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
Marry Waterson and Oliver Knight are the children of Lal Waterson, so grew up in that great singing family that...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Still Getting Away With It
Taking the time out from his duo with Irish harper Máire Ni Chathasaigh and their quartet with Arty McGlynn and...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Fado Tradicional
Since her 2001 debut Fado emMim, Mariza has taken fado to a new, non-Portuguese audience and expanded its horizons by...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Make the Light
Kate Rusby has always interspersed her own compositions among traditional songs. Now, for the first time, she has made an...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Nubes de Papel
Nubes de Papel (Clouds of Paper) is the second disc from Spanish singer and guitarist DePedro, also known as Jairo...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Gypsy Killer
This strangely named disc draws on the repertoire of the great Romanian singer Maria Tanase (1913-1963), who is held in...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Cervantine
As album openers go, ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ is an epic one. It takes that Central European village-band call-and-response...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
SÓS
Mercedes Peón is an enormous talent who has taken creative risks with each of her albums, boldly merging the experimental...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
Traivellers Joy
The young Scottish singer Emily Smith has garnered some high praise over her last few albums, and with this set...
Reviewed in issue March/2011
