Reviews
Null
Null is an ‘electro Persian album inspired by electronic music, Persian traditional music and poetry’, as Toronto-based setar (lute) player...
Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Apr/May/2013
Champagne for Gypsies
Goran Bregovió is shameless. In this album’s liner notes he makes a lovingly liberal plea for tolerance towards Europe’s Romani...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013
Santiman
This is that difficult second album, from the most internationally visible of the folklore troupes of the big Haitian community...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2013
Maan Unia, Puun Unia
Finnish runo singing, kalevala verses, ancient myths, magic spells – these are the foundations on which the now legendary Värttinä...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Arch
This collaboration, only released recently, may have been the last work of the respected French musician, producer and remix specialist...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013
North
The elder sister of Cara and former frontwoman of 90s Irish powerhouse Déanta, Mary Dillon has followed up her 2010...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Apr/May/2013
Every Mortal Place
For 40 years, the great English squeezebox player, singer and Morris dancer, John Kirkpatrick, has lived in Shropshire. Every Mortal...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2013
Butterfield Green N16
As the voices on the first track of this album fade in, we know we are in for a treat...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Apr/May/2013
One Night on Earth: Music From the Strings of Mali
Years in development, this fine recording is the result of white South African musician Derek Gripper having transposed seven kora...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013
The Stray Birds
The music of The Stray Birds is derived from the soft, delicate underbelly of the traditional American string band. The...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013
