Reviews
La Grande Folie
It's been a long time coming – since school days, one could say – and the speakers positively burst with...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
A Pocket Full of Acorns
For existing fans, Ninebarrow's fourth album will not disappoint; the harmonious vocals are present and correct, as are the considered...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
The Music of the Gypsy Lăutari of Bucharest
The Inédit label comes out of the Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris and showcases high-quality traditional music. No...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Xuntas
Self-defined as ‘Galician folk Druids,’ the five gifted musicians that make up Sangre de Muerdago show anti-interest in being fashionable...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Working River: Songs and Music of the Thames
This collection of 21 songs celebrating the lives of working people on the Thames is backed by the General Federation...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Nova Era
Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra (BGKO)
The quality of musicianship on this latest offering from the extraordinary Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra is never in doubt; the...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Now We are Four
Now that no one's taking live music for granted, it makes the release of a new live album from Devon...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Such Times
Steve Tilston made his first album, An Acoustic Confusion, in 1971, gaining a place in a cohort of exceptional guitar-playing...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
The Sound of Telemark
Drive three hours west of Oslo and nature beckons. There are farms, trees laden with red apples in late summer,...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
