Reviews

When Summer Comes Again

Simon Mayor & Hilary James

This is Simon Mayor and Hilary James’s lockdown album; with no concerts to play they turned to favourite songs and...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Dawn

Talisk

Headed by the charismatic Mohsen Amini on concertina, the blistering Talisk have been taking the Scottish folk scene by storm...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Water Street

Tom Oakes

Devon-born, Edinburgh-based multi-instrumentalist Tom Oakes created this entirely solo recording in adversity after his prized Grinter flute shattered onstage on...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

An Irish Viola/Vióla Gaelach

Séamus McGuire with Steve Cooney

Novelty in a musical tradition as ancient as Ireland’s is not easily come by. But this unexpected pairing of viola...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Taisa

Mec Yek

Mec Yek is the meeting of Slovakian Roma sisters, Katia and Milka Pohlodkova, with the Belgian ‘Euro-roots outfit’ Jaune Toujours....

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

At a time when there is a movement afoot to pardon the 4,000 or so women who found themselves at...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Zavrzlama

Divanhana

Divanhana are a fine Bosnian sevdah band that have been in existence for more than a decade. Well-known at home...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Pilgrim Souls

Megan Henderson

The fiddler, singer and step-dancer with popular Scottish band Breabach, and a member of a prominent traditional music family from...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Livre

Mário Pacheco

A seminal figure in Portuguese music, the guitarist Mário Pacheco for many years ran the Clube de Fado in Lisbon...

Reviewed in issue April/2022

Great Tunes from the World Music Charts Europe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The World Music Charts Europe was founded 30 years ago by the European Broadcasting Union and has been compiled every...

Reviewed in issue April/2022