Reviews
Adoon Winding Nith
There's a distinctly spring-like zest and freshness about this new collection of Robert Burns songs, derived in part from the...
Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: June/2010
E Voce di u Comune: Corsica Chants Polyphoniques
Showcasing a rich vein of Corsican tradition, this reissue disc of a 1987 release is a generous sampler of the...
Reviewed by Helen Neve in issue: June/2010
Black Sea Fire
Several things about this record will make the curious listener well disposed to it from the off. Firstly, despite its...
Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: June/2010
Where The Rivers Meet
Joik and jazz are two words that describe Where The Rivers Meet comes from. While both styles resemble each other...
Reviewed by Elisavet Sotiriadou in issue: June/2010
CuCuLand
A suitably theatrical spoken word overture – clinking glasses, a call for silencio, the tap of heels and the flare...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
En Paris – Live at FIP
Lila Downs, with her unique blend of original songs and reworked classics emphasising human-rights politics, is one of Mexico's great...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
Trepanation
If you haven't come across the Finnish label Aania before and you're interested in well-produced, well-performed interesting music with a...
Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2010
Aquarius
Antonio Carlos Jobim once called Joyce one of the greatest singers of all time – praise that the ageless Brazilian...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
El Sentido del Aire
Flamenco guitarist Juan Carmona has created yet another beautiful and exciting disc, full of ideas and imagination. Carmona's way of...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: June/2010
The Best of Kathryn Tickell
Kathryn Tickell started playing the Northumbrian smallpipes when she was nine. These are bellows blown with, unlike other bagpipes, a...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2010
