Reviews
Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018
The label Fellside has been a significant force in independent folk music recording for 42 years, with more than 600...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
Sväng Plays Tango
Finnish tango is a serious business. For over 100 years now it has spoken of melancholy, heartbreak and gloom. But...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2018
When All is Still
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers
‘The Molecatcher’, the first track of Rachael McShane's terrific album with her new band, The Cartographers, sets the tenor of...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018
Ideal
With a classical and jazz background, Catherine Bent, a Berklee professor of music, has harnessed her virtuoso cello playing to...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2018
Banjophony
The poor old banjo has long been the butt of jokes – even banjo maestro Ron Block himself has been...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2018
In Transition
This is a very welcome return by the Thessaloniki-based group Loxandra. This recording has many of the features that made...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018
Kongo
Since 1991 this group from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo has been developing its folkloric drum and dance act...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018
France, Gascony: The Bagpipes of the Moorlands
The Gascony moorlands, a region of flat, isolated, humid grassland stretching from Bordeaux down to the start of the Basque...
Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: October/2018
Orange Sunshine
There is a good reason why the initial physical release of Susso Seki Singh's Orange Sunshine is vinyl only. The...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2018
