Reviews
Sarayland
In the 1980s Sarajevo's Sarr e Roma were one of the most prominent Yugoslav Gypsy bands, with a number of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Last Star
A veteran of the Irish music scene in New York, Talbot honed her craft in wedding bands before touring and...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Anda Jaleo
Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band
Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Hedonism
Bellowhead launch their rambunctious third album with the cautionary tale of a sailor ripped off by a prostitute, the exuberant...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Ravishing Genius of Bones
Anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the tin whistle is a poor man's instrument will have their preconceptions shattered...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Looking Glass
Fay Hield is the first new signing to Topic Records for a decade. Topic is the oldest independent label in...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Rough Guide to Greek Café
This disc is impressive, covering a great deal of ground from 1960s laïká to later more eclectic and Anatolian-inspired tracks,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Six Days in Down
Bob Brozman, John McSherry & Dónal O'Connor
Interviewing John McSherry earlier this year, the Belfast-born uilleann piper waxed both lyrically and enthusiastically about a recording session that...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Låtar II: Swedish Folk Tunes
Swedish folk tunes is what it says on the tin, and, indeed that's what you get. But these two exceptional...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
White Nights
As members of the astoundingly energetic Shetland band Fiddler's Bid, Scottish harpist Catriona McKay and fiddler Chris Stout have been...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
