Reviews
Purpose + Grace
How's this for statistics: 23 nominations in 11 years at the BBC Folk Awards, including nine consecutive nominations for Artist...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Traveller
Anoushka Shankar's debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, best known for its heavyweight Western classical music, shows a terrific assurance which...
Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Wind Horse
Anda Union were Songlines ‘ favourite band at WOMAD this summer. From Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia (the part...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Middle of Everywhere
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss Pokey LaFarge as just another retro poseur, zoot-suiting his way onto...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Tortadur
Fans of Sevara Nazarkhan's two Real World albums are in for a surprise here – but it is an entirely...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Music of Georges I Gurdjieff
The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
This is a fabulous collection of Armenian and Middle Eastern folk music with a fascinating story behind it. The tunes...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Ballads and Songs from the Appalachians
Hedy West is perhaps best remembered today as composer of the folk standard ‘500 Miles’ – a song that she...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Russia: The Tradition of Wind Instruments
If you imagine the sound of Russian folk music, it is probably folk choirs that come to mind – women...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Pelao
There's something oddly familiar about the cover of this album – it's the sort of out-there artwork that only Belgian's...
Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
