Reviews
Stories of Stonia
Singer Mari Kalkun is a native speaker of Võro, an endangered South Estonian language, not easy even for speakers of...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
From Skopje With Love
This is an album whose appeal grows with repeated plays. Like many artists from the Balkans, vocalist Elena Hristova's first...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Stretching Skyward
Gnoss (like Talisk, Eriska and TRIP) are part of Glasgow's lively music scene, though the band originated in Scotland's Northern...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Gwiad
Jean-Luc Thomas and Gab Faure are a French duo who play flute and violin – helped by occasional hand percussion...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Kolkhozoy Traktor
If you’re a fan of the great festival-pleasing, throat-singing Yat-Kha, then this should be on your radar. Shono's founder, Alexander...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Lubber's Hole
The clue to the USP with She Shanties is in the name: women singing sea shanties. This is their third...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
LL25
There are 16 musicians supporting The London Lasses in celebrating their 25 years together on LL25, a generous 14-track album...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Pura Sangre
Israel Fernández is one of the biggest names in the younger generation of flamenco cantaores. As such, he stands between...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Moldavia: Peasant Tunes from the Old Land of Hârlău
Neculai Florea, Nicolae Amarandei, Valentin Bălăşanu
Hârlău is a town in the Romanian region of Moldavia, about 70km from Iaşi. And this record is a deliberate...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
Miramar
The traditions of few places in Europe have been as overwritten as those of the Balearic island of Mallorca. Even...
Reviewed in issue August/September/2023
