Reviews
An Den Dey Made Tae
Growing up as part of a famous Shetland musical family, Ross Couper, fiddle player with the Peatbog Faeries, and his...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2021
Alors, On Danse!
It’s a sign of the times that a ‘live’ album currently equals a livestream rather than concert performance. While the...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2021
Benin Vol 4: Yehouessi Leopold Batteur
TP Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
When Dahomey gained its independence from its French colonial masters in 1960 and became Benin, a surge of artistic creativity...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2021
Last Mile Home
The final entry in Boden’s ‘post-oil’ trilogy is an acoustic and spare iteration of his apocalyptic themes, set against the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2021
Folies Berbères
French-Berber singer, Karimouche, returns with her third album, Folies Berbères (Berber Madness), where she talks about growing up in France...
Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: May/2021
The Smoky Smirr o Rain
Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola
The air is filled with moisture as you gaze out over the shores of a Scottish loch, a Norwegian fjord...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2021
The Wavy Bow Collection
John Carty is one of Ireland’s most respected traditional fiddle and banjo players and this eloquent collection of fiddle tunes...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2021
Kkismettin
This was always going to be interesting, Cypriot composer and performer Antonis Antoniou is well-known from the amazing groups Trio...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2021
