Reviews
The Singer of Tales
The sevdah of the western Balkans, especially associated with Bosnia and Herzegovina occupies a space between folk and art music,...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
All is Not Forgotten
All is Not Forgotten follows on from Miller's 2018 release Mercury, and a very pleasant follow-up it is too. New...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Sabotage and Tradition
This is Lakvar's debut album and it demonstrates the full range of their folk and musical credentials. The first track,...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Time to Fly
The debut duo album from RURA's flautist David Foley and fiddler Jack Smedley is a beautiful, evocative and well-cra.ed release....
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Mai
The Aberystwyth singer-songwriter released her debut, Week of Pines, back in 2013, and it won her the Welsh Music Prize...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Bayview
A generous list of guest players adorns this debut from new trio Project SMOK. They call themselves neo-trad, which means...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
The Maniacs
Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Origen
Origen marks a change in style for the Spanish duo Fuel Fandango. Nita (Cristina Manjón) is a singer from Córdoba...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Uña y Carne
It's been 12 years since Juan Gómez ‘Chicuelo’ released his last solo album, Diapasión. In the interim he's worked as...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Viva Santa Liberata
For this album the Palermo-born, and politically concerned folk singer, guitarist and tambourine player Politi dives into the archives. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
