Category: Traditional
Scotland continues to produce great albums that successfully meld Jazz and Scottish Trad idioms. Fergus Hall’s debut album ‘Shores’ – which as a bonus features words of revered Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean – is one such. Here is Scottish Jazz Space’s (under my name, FM) review of ‘Shores’ in London Jazz News. 👍😀
https://londonjazznews.com/2021/05/08/fergus-hall-shores/
10/12/19 Album Review which appears in Songlines Jan/Feb 2020 issue: Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye – “LUST”.
Maestro Music (35 mins) Winning Der Yiddisher Idol 2019 with fifth track, the keening ‘Trern’ (Tears), has brought Louisa Lyne…
10/12/19 Album Review which appears in Songlines Jan/Feb 2020 issue: Petreikis – “Jūrėse”
Self-released (38 mins) With its New Agey, Celtic feel, at times Jūrėse (meaning ‘In the Lagoon’, referencing his home region)…
CD Review: Daniel Tarrab “Otra Mirada”. As appeared in DooBeeDooBeeDoo – NY on 14/6/19.
Genre: Tango Music available from: Silva Screen Records; Amazon; Spotify Buenos Aires based, award winning film composer and double bassist…
5 Miles From Town by The Ebony Hillbillies 11/3/19
Artist: The Ebony Hillbillies Title: 5 Miles From Town Label: EH Music Genre: String Band Music available on: itunes, Amazon…
Trikala by Simon Thacker 24/1/19
CD Review, 24/1/19: Trikala, by Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti, which appeared in March 2019 Songlines magazine. Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti Trikala…
Two Hands To Tango by Hakon Skogstad 10/9/18
CD Review, 10/9/18 : Two Hands To Tango, by Hakon Skogstad. Artist:…
Pablo Aslan “Contrabajo. Works For Bass and String Quartet”
20/2/19 Pablo Aslan “Contrabajo. Works For Bass and String Quartet” As appeared in DooBeeDooBeeDoo – NY on 19/2/19. Artist: Pablo…