Reviews

Trì

Rachel Hair Trio

Trì is Gaelic for three, and only three instruments – namely Rachel Hair's harp, Jenn Butterworth's guitar and the double...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2015

El Baile de las Horas

Marinah

Marina Abad was the powerful, husky-voiced fulcrum of flamenco, hip-hop, Latin fusioneers Ojos de Brujo until they disbanded in 2011....

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2014

Ástor 2020, La Historia Continúa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This year marks 100 years since Astor Piazzolla’s birth in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This album is a timely homage...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021

Onwards

Mile Twelve

Formed in 2014, Mile Twelve are largely the product of the interest in bluegrass and other acoustic folk idioms within...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018

5 Star Motel

Gitkin

It's hard to find out anything about Gitkin. It appears that this is the almost-one-man-band's debut record; 5 Star...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2018

Est'd 1969

Steeleye Span

A reinvigorated Steeleye Span set their stall against an illustrious past with Est'd 1969 and it's up there with the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019

Lettres Ouverts Aux…

Lounès Matoub

This is the 25th anniversary of both Lounès Matoub's assassination and the original release of this, his final album, and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2023

Kiriküüt

Rüüt

Rüüt is an Estonian quartet who recorded their first album in 2015, not to be confused with the more minimal...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024

Karkelo

Polenta

Polenta is an odd name for a Finnish folk band. However, in Finnish ‘polenta’ means ‘stomp’. This youthful Helsinki quartet...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: May/2024

Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning

Chief Adjuah

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) has foregone his usual jazz trumpet, relying instead on his amazing voice and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2023