Reviews
Metal Metal
Who knows if it was anarchic perverseness, artistic vision, or a bit of both that prompted this formidable São Paulo...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2014
The Moral of the Elephant
We’ve heard them together in Waterson:Carthy, but this is the first time father and daughter have recorded as a duo,...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2014
Oliver's Cinema
Eric Vloeimans’ Oliver's Cinema
‘For the elderly’ and ‘music to be given a wide berth’ – this is what the young Eric Vloeimans used...
Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: July/2014
Music from Romania
These recordings were made by the celebrated musicologist Deben Bhattacharya in 1965, the year Nicolae Ceauşescu came to power. It...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014
Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert
A decade after their debut album, County Antrim's Beoga are celebrating with a lively and satisfyingly long anniversary CD and...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014
House of Jacks
Frontman for the Albion Band and winner of a BBC Radio 2 Horizon Folk Award in 2013, Dunlop brings a...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2014
Inter-Celtic
Is Galician piper Carlos Núñez the most enthusiastic, optimistic, energetic musician on earth? From the first blow on this 16-track...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon
It is always welcome to see albums of music that bring more local traditions to a wider audience, and this...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2014
Gipsy Rhumba
Andalucía's connection with Gypsy culture via flamenco is famous. Less well-known is the emergence, during the early 1960s, of a...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014
