Reviews
The Invisible Comes to Us
Memory is an elusive and unreliable thing. The second album from the American folk duo passes like a memory recalled...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018
Clear the Table
Quoting from hyperbolic press releases is probably not good album-reviewing practice but it's hard to resist the description of this...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
An Introduction to Martin Simpson
Martin Simpson has curated his own Introduction To set for the Topic label, and has even gone to the trouble...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2018
Solos
Accordionist Markku Lepistö grew up immersed in the folk traditions of the region around Finland's Lake Kuortane and, encouraged by...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2018
Avo Kanto
Barcelona Gypsy Balkan Orchestra
There's a very international line-up to this ‘orchestra,’ with membership hailing from geographically distant areas from Spain to Ukraine –...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2018
What News
Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuinness
This is Roberts’ 12th solo album since 2001, and his fourth of purely traditional songs, following on from the excellent...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2018
Horn OK Please: Roadto Bollywood
Bollywood is so closely linked to the song and dance culture of South Asia that it almost ends up engulfing...
Reviewed by Rafay Mahmood in issue: June/2018
The Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You’ve Never Heard
From the serene to the eccentric, this is an unusual collection of obscure acoustic blues from the 1920s and 30s....
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018
Made of Music
Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018
Utopia and Wasteland
No prizes for guessing to where the ‘utopia and wasteland’ of the title refers. It comes as no surprise that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2018
