Rayna Gellert’s great-grandfather was a Hungarian-born orchestral violinist whose career path led to a gig on a transatlantic cruise ship...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
You’ll probably be familiar with multi¬instrumentalist Tim Edey from his triumph at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, where...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
With reissues of long-deleted Cape Verdean albums being about as rare as Cape Verdean cloud bursts, Astral Music in conjunction...
Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
In January earlier this year 18 musicians from five countries along the Nile came together in an unprecedented collaboration. This...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
The Deadly Gentlemen sport a thoroughbred bluegrass line-up of guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and double bass, and are fronted by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
Folk-singer-ophobes may find an unlikely ally in American roots singer Tim O’Brien, who astutely summarises Doc Watson’s appeal in the...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
OK, this is really wacky. But then, what else did you expect from the impish German DJ who set Euro...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
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