Reviews
25th Anniversary Celebration
As someone unfortunately old enough to remember the worst extravagances of progressive rock and some appalling collaborations with the classical...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Rammeslag II
Daniel Sandén-Warg & Sigurd Brokke
As I write, the nominees of the Spellemannprisen, Norway’s Grammy awards, have just been announced. In the category of Best...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Work Harder and One Day You’ll Find Her
This gorgeous, melancholic and magical mini-album of eight songs, clocking in at around half the length of many of today’s...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Jamu
The Calabrian-born, Naples–based singer and 12–string guitarist Massimo Ferrante has been on the go for more than two decades, exploring...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Ammore, Trivolo, Currivo e Devozione
La Moresca is an acoustic Neapolitan septet harnessing their local music to traditional styles of the Campania region and baroque...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Djangologie
Had he been American, Django Reinhardt would surely have received the Hollywood biopic treatment by now. The story of how...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Aurora
One of today's most universally admired folk instrumentalists, the Irish-Mancunian flute, whistle and uilleann pipes maestro Michael McGoldrick has never...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2010
Empire & Love
The Imagined Village began not so much as a band but a concept – melding multi-cultural Britain with its folk...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Saints & Tzadiks
Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg
Saints & Tzadiks is an unusual cross-cultural blend of Irish and Yiddish folk songs. Irish-born singer Susan McKeown and New...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
Uncensored Folk Music of Austria
These are two wonderfully down-home compilations of folk musicians, mainly recorded in Austria by Arhoolie boss Chris Strachwitz in 1967...
Reviewed in issue March/2010
