Reviews
The Hum
A neighbour of Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow brought them news that the sale of a house close by had...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014
Salam
Like Al Andaluz Project's first collection of Sephardic songs, this album is dogged and literal, breathing the air of the...
Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: Apr/May/2014
Turas
Now this is interesting. A collaboration between Swedish multi-instrumentalist Marit Fält and Oban-born fiddler Rona Wilkie, BBC Scotland's Young Traditional...
Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: Apr/May/2014
Fiona Hunter
The eponymously titled debut album from Malinky vocalist and cellist Fiona Hunter marks her out as a formidable and talented...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2014
At Our Next Meeting
The Furrow Collective is a four-piece comprising some of the leading young lights in English and Scottish folk and traditional...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014
Kali City
Karim Baggili is a Belgian-born composer, guitarist and oud (Arab lute) player of Jordanian/Yugoslavian heritage, which means that he has...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2014
Where I Come From
If music provides a map of a nation's soul, then Ireland's foremost troubadour, Christy Moore, is a formidable cartographer.There's a...
Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Musical Voyages of Marco Polo
This musical romp along the Silk Road imagines the musical cultures the 13th-century explorer Marco Polo may have encountered on...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Apr/May/2014
The Rough Guide to Scottish Music
Compiled by broadcaster and singer Mary Ann Kennedy, this latest compilation illustrates the rich variety of the crop of Scottish...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2014
Music from Balochistan
The picture on the inside of this CD features the band Padik in front of a mountain valley that looks...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2014
