Reviews
Alku: The Beginning
Violin, voice and jouhikko (Finnish bowed lyre) make for a powerful combination in this solo album from Päivi Hirvonen, who...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2018
Melodic Circles
The setar is one of Iran's most gorgeous instruments. Literally, the name means ‘three strings,’ but nowadays the Iranian setar...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Delâshena
This is an exquisite duo. Bijan Chemirani should be well known to Middle Eastern music enthusiasts as one of the...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Folk Music from Transylvania, Then and Now
The revival of authentic Transylvanian music was central to the Hungarian táncház (dance house) movement in the 1980s and 90s....
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018
Cruzando Borders
The Grammy-winning Los Texmaniacs play music that celebrates the people and places of the Texas-Mexico borderlands: corridos, boleros and less...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2018
Samaya
Harpreet Bansal is a Norway-based violinist of the North Indian tradition who was taught and mentored by her father, Harbhajan...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018
Many a Thousand
Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith
This third studio album from the Norfolk-born folk duo follows their impressive 2016 release, Night Hours. It contains all the...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018
¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz
A coastal offshoot of the Mexican folk music scene that burst into life during the 1970s, son jarocho has roots...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2018
