Reviews
Dithis/Duo
Sibling duo Joy and Andrew Dunlop grew up in Connel, Argyll, in the western Highlands, where Joy immersed herself in...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Lys/Mørke
Avant-garde bassist Sigurd Hole recorded Lys/Mørke on the island of Sørværet in the Norwegian arctic. If it was recorded anywhere...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Mulholland & McCluskey
Having played together countless times over the past 20 years, Brendan Mulholland and Micky McCluskey finally commit themselves to disc...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Banjaxed
Banjaxed finds Ciarán Ryan stepping confidently out from the ranks of Edinburgh-based world-folk fusionistas Dallahan to deliver a masterclass in...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Brasses for the Masses
The future of Balkan brass seems secure in the fast fingers of Macedonian trumpeter Džambo Aguševi and his orchestra who...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Rujo
I first heard Antti Paalanen when he released Breathbox (2010). In the audience was Kimmo Pohjonen who'd had such strong...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Monstruos y Duendes Vol 1: Myfyrio
So many non-Spanish guitarists have fallen under the spell of flamenco that it might almost be considered a sub-genre of...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Te yn y Grug (Tea in the Heather)
Welsh musician Al Lewis is well established as a singer-songwriter, both as a solo artist and as half of Americana...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Amoreamaro
There many reasons to admire singer Maria Mazzotta: for her voice, of course, so brilliant, intimate and dramatic; for her...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Amália Classics on Portuguese Guitar
While never the diva, Custódio Castelo has nevertheless been an animating presence in the world of fado for many decades...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
