Reviews
This World Oft Can Be
The second full-length album by Boston-based Della Mae demonstrates that the all-female quintet are presently in a sweet spot, one...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Vacanti Sugnu China: Sicilian Folksongs
Matilde Politi e Compagnia Bella
Palermo-born Matilde Politi sings of disillusionment and resistance, despair and anger, love and longing, relationships and intimacy; she does so...
Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Pickin’-n-Chckin’
Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys
In most cases, the borders between the band’s Prince Edward Island homeland and the rest of North America aren’t apparent...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Eternal Return
Taiko drumming is punctuated by chants and yells, encouraging players to perform with maximum energy. This commanding collection celebrates 20...
Reviewed by Vanessa Villalobos in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Won’t be Long Now
On her first album in seven years, one of the most truthful voices in music remains powerful and unyielding, no...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Up Through the Woods
From the first to the last note of the second album from this Derbyshire duo – guitarist Gibb and fiddler...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
Virgin Islands: Quelbe & Calypso 1956-60
Following Caribbean classics compilations from Jamaica, Bermuda and Trinidad, one on the Virgin Islands musical history could present an intriguing...
Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
At the Heart of it All
Capercaillie’s Donald Shaw has recently observed that, even when you’ve been at the forefront of contemporary Gaelic music for 30...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
The Full English
This album is one segment of an ambitious project from the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society), drawing together...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013
