There is more JK than meet the eye. At first glance, the blinged-up boy who graces the cover of this...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Traditional folk songs – they’ve got a body count to put gangsta rap to shame. Naomi Bedford has had a...
Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Muzsikás are Hungary’s premier folk band and, for nearly 40 years, the leading international ambassadors of traditional Hungarian music. They...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
One of the earliest French non-Gypsy groups to espouse Gypsy music, mainly of Eastern European origin, Bratsch have 40 years...
Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Here’s another beautiful produc¬tion from the Caprice label and the Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research. Kurash Sultan...
Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
The title is a Shetland expression meaning ‘to arrive back home’ and the 13 beautifully per¬formed tunes heard here are...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
Three great fiddlers and three great fiddle traditions. Olav Luksengård Mjelva is from Norway, Anders Hall from Sweden and Kevin...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
There’s a riot going on in Sunlightsquare. This unapologetically ambitious album from this sprawling UK collective sees some 25 musicians...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2012
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