Reviews
Cante
Cante is a form of traditional polyphonic singing from the south of Portugal, namely from the region of Alentejo, usually...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Tidings
Tidings opens with ‘Two Magicians’, a traditional song in which a woman, to escape the sexual advances of a blacksmith,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020
Heading Out
After first meeting in the Sage Gateshead's influential Folkestra, violinist Kevin Lees and guitarist Matthew Jones became key members of...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
The Woods
The Woods marks the third instalment of acclaimed musician and composer Hamish Napier's ode to his native Scottish Highlands. Following...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Port de Taipana
This second studio album from the Belgian duo of Florian De Schepper and Anouk Sanczuk has a sense of joyous...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Mielo
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
It's hard to get beyond the first track ‘Erämorsian’ (Wildwood Bride). I play it again and again, caught up in...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
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Through That Sound (My Secret Was Made Known)
A seagull's head on dancer's legs – not at all disturbing or Hieronymous Bosch-like – is artist Kirsty Whiten's cover...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Say It
You can imagine a film to go with this album: vast, sweeping landscapes, travellers in the mist, and among these...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Fortuna
For a band that makes the bold claim to being ‘the one and only’ Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the outfit has...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
