Reviews
Our Routes
It 's somewhat quaint in late 2014 to get a new album that faithfully treads the Balkan beats formula popular...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Hell Yeah!
This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Born in Parallel
Double bassist and composer Daphna Sadeh is not the first bandleader to draw inspiration from the common ground between early...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Kodama
The international debut release from Franco-Japanese singer Maïa Barouh is an eclectic affair and reveals a young and talented artist...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Old England Grown New
He has supported the likes of Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick and Chris Wood, worked on performance pieces with storytellers, fronted...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Calypso Craze 1956-57 and Beyond
Forty-year-old Bear Family Records is a German label renowned for digging deeply into the country, blues and rock’n’roll archives, and...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Animism
When Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq was awarded the prestigious Polaris Prize (Canada's equivalent to the Mercury Prize) this October...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Tamo Doli
Dunja Knebl is one of Croatia ’ s most experienced singers of traditional music; for the past two decades...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
The Earls of Leicester
Arrayed in Stetson hats and string bow ties (aka a ‘Colonel Sanders’ tie), The Earls of Leicester took the Banjo...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
Cajueiro
Márcio Faraco has built a career in Europe (principally France) playing the kind of smooth, jazzy bossa nova Europe has...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
