Reviews
Live at Abbey Road
Joseph Tawadros & James Tawadros
Joseph Tawadros is an Australian oud virtuoso who blends the music of his Egyptian heritage with a variety of more...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Revolutionary Birds
Wassim Halal, Erwan Keravec, Mounir Troudi
Revolutionary Birds is a striking new collaboration between Tunisian jazz and Sufi singer Mounir Troudi, Breton bagpiper Erwan Keravec, and...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Vivat Vivere
Pablo Golder (diatonic accordion) and Baltazar Montanaro (baritone violin) have been playing together for a decade, touring and recording three...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Dominion
This quartet is the combination of two duos – Nancy Kerr and James Fagan with Richard and Jess Arrowsmith –...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Elbow Room
Following 2016's North, a set of bracing duos with Belfast-born fiddler Conor Caldwell, Elbow Room is the second solo offering...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Laissez Passer
TootArd have finally released their debut album, Laissez Passer, seven years after forming the band. Although the members of TootArd...
Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
One With the Beloved
Oh dear. On paper, Shervin Boloorian ticks the right boxes. He's a refugee from Iran, raised in the UK, with...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Key
What's not to love about Blazin' Fiddles? Comprising some of the best fiddlers on the Scottish traditional music scene today...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Virr
Sarah-Jane Summers is a Scottish fiddle and viola player, based in Norway. Many readers will know her as one half...
Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
