Reviews
Einpikkar’n
A member of Norway's famous traditional dance-troupe FRIKAR, Ulf-Arne Johannessen is a national champion of the halling dance, one designed...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2015
Le Mississippi
This double CD comes with extensive notes (in French and English), providing a broad contemporary overview of roots music along...
Reviewed by Garth Carthwright in issue: Apr/May/2015
Murshidi and Sufi Songs: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya
These are some of the last recordings made by celebrated musicologist Deben Bhattacharya (pictured above, left) in February 2001, shortly...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015
Symphony!
Good melodies are dauntingly difficult to write. So perhaps it's not surprising that on projects like this one the performances...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Apr/May/2015
Bilingua
Sung in Irish and English, Eithne Ní Uallacháin's posthumous solo debut is a thing of rich and rare beauty. Drawn...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2015
Trikitixaren Historia Txiki Bat
Kepa Junkera will be 50 in April. He has been playing trikitixa, the effervescent diatonic accordion music of the Basques,...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2015
Mayas: Révélation d’un Temps Sans Fin
This raw-sounding compilation was specially produced for a 2014/2015 exhibition on the Mayas at the Quai Branly museum in Paris....
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2015
Caprichos
The Brazilian virtuoso Hamilton de Holanda has shown over numerous albums his mastery of the ten-string mandolin. Brought up on...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Apr/May/2015
Lo Testament
In the UK, you’re unlikely to hear ancient music outside of interludes in Shakespeare's plays or themed medieval banquets. But...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2015
