Reviews
Hauptbahnhof
If you've missed out on the past 14 years of Sväng, this would be a good moment to play catch...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2017
ERA
Evidently believing he might not already have enough on his plate with a new album from Mànran only just out,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017
L'Odyssey
This excellent debut album from Middle Eastern/Caribbean duo Vocal Global qualifies as true world music in every sense. Israeli Noga...
Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2017
Attic Mornings
Her second full-length release, following 2014's crowd-funded Amber Sands, finds the Austrian-born, Sligo-based violinist and vocalist joined by Swedish percussionist...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017
Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs
In these pages last year (#120) I reviewed Greg Vandy's book 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie's Columbia River...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017
The Producer's Choice
Last year, in the band's 47th year since forming in Glasgow in 1969, Battlefield Band were finally inducted to the...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2017
The Hired Hands: A Tribute to Bruce Langhorne
An unsung hero of the counterculture from the 1960s and early 70s, Bruce Langhorne is finally getting some much-deserved attention...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2017
First Dance on Second Avenue
She'Koyokh, the London band who take their name from a Yiddish greeting, are a brilliant live ensemble who effortlessly blend...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017
Siren Serenade
This is the debut album from another young artist to emerge from the vibrant and experimental English folk scene. Ben...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2017
Días Felices
No wonder artists and dreamers gravitate to the American south-west in search of landscapes, inspiration and spirit-reviving experiences. For all...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017
