Gamelan degung is one of the smaller types of gamelan ensembles. This disc, recorded between 1972 and 1973, features two...
Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2016
Think of the music of Guinea-Bissau, and the artists that spring to mind are probably men: Ernesto Dabo, Justino Delgado...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2016
The hurdy-gurdy is an instrument that lurks slightly in the shadows. It appears in a few folk bands, like Blowzabella,...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2016
Formed in late 2014, after the sweetly harmonising Carrivick Sisters (guitar player Charlotte and fiddler Laura) joined forces with mandolin...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Fanfare Ciocărlia's launch, Onwards to Mars! serves up 14 new recordings. There are a...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
Maggio stands alongside past highlights from this solid, masterful quartet: it embraces Tuscan and Central Italy's traditional music, hints of...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2016
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