Reviews
Peace Love Ukulele
With his new catchphrase – ‘if everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place’ – Hawaiian ukulele...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Porta do Coraçao
Maybe you’ve heard of him through Rabih Abou-Khalil and the brilliant Em Português – a collaboration on which the Lebanese...
Reviewed by Gonçaio Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Dub Revolutionaries
Dub music may have originated in the Caribbean but it has mutated over the decades. When the first waves of...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Studio 105
Mayra Andrade has released just two albums:her spellbinding and multi award-winning 2006 debut Navega and its lusher 2010 follow-up Stória...
Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Yalla Yalla!
Rumba flamenco rhythms may be at the base of this endearing instru¬mental recording by Toronto-based Sultans of String, but you’ll...
Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Chico & Rita
The animated feature film Chico & Rita was released last year to rave reviews. Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Cecil Sharp Project
Earlier this year, a remarkable ‘Who's Who’ of the new British folk scene assembled in London's Cecil Sharp House. Lined...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Daybreak
Between Sarah Jarosz and Sierra Hull, there seems to be a surfeit of teenaged mandolin-strumming-singer-songwriter prodigies on the acoustic/bluegrass scene...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Straum, Stille
Recorded by the Norwegian mini¬malist chamber-folk trio in Oslo’s Sofien¬berg Church, you can pretty much get the hang of Straum,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
Pìob Is Fidheall
When you have renowned piper Iain MacDonald stating an album is ‘as good as it gets’ then you know you...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011
