Reviews
Cavalluccio
Behind Lalala Napoli is the gifted veteran French accordionist and singer François Castiello of former Bratsch fame, who uses the...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Por Onde Fica a Primavera
Some instruments seem to be tailor-made for specific music genres. The Portuguese guitar, for instance, is undeniably a pivotal piece...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Invisible Music
The late, great writer Angela Carter would almost certainly have relished the fact that Polly Paulusma once lived in London’s...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Venti
Francesco Loccisano and Marcello De Carolis
The chitarra battente (literally ‘beating guitar’) is an Italian variation of the instrument, closer to a lute or mandolin, with...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Rakes and Misfits
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne plays melodeons and concertinas, including a rare Lachenal 30-key bass Anglo concertina on which he performs ‘parping accompaniment...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Tirana 100
Over the last half a century or so there have been many attempts to reveal ‘Europe’s unknown music,’ which usually...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Up the Cut
For Black Country native Jon Wilks’ third album he has eschewed the fuller arrangements of 2018’s Midlife for a lean...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Risplendenti, Riversi
Nataša Mirkovic & Michel Godard
Bosnian-born Nataša Mirković has been exploring the borderlands between early music and Balkan melodies for some years. Both categories are...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
An Den Dey Made Tae
Growing up as part of a famous Shetland musical family, Ross Couper, fiddle player with the Peatbog Faeries, and his...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
Alors, On Danse!
It’s a sign of the times that a ‘live’ album currently equals a livestream rather than concert performance. While the...
Reviewed in issue May/2021
