Search results for Louise Gray

Hoe-down fiddles, the rhythmic rattle of spoons and kazoos with some banjos marking time, and you could be – where? A fictive Appalachian town? Some 1930s travelling music show?…

Folk music, as Empire and Love shows so well, is a music that has a grounding in both past and present, both populist and political.…

The politically engaged group refer to their work as ‘Free tunes from the Occupied Territories’, as Louise Gray discovers.…

New to the website this month: a chance to listen to the albums we review.…

An intimate album with the space for real spontaneity…

Assembled under the artistic directorship of Victor Gama, Tsikaya is a superb example of how music is rooted in the society it comes from.…

Look beyond Simon Cowell and Madonna for a money-raising charity record with a difference.…

The best books, music & films of 2009 as reviewed by NI.…

An elegant album, stripped bare to its poetry…

Low whistle, hornpipes, kaval (this is a traditional Balkan flute) and practice chanter (and this a part of the Scots bagpiping set-up) are just a few of the instruments employed by Fraser Fifield on Stereocanto.…