Reviews

Light Ida Lum

Haltadans

In the grand tradition of the currently inactive Fiddler's Bid, whose Maurice Henderson features in this group's three-fiddle frontline, Haltadans...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Unearth Repeat

Sam Sweeney

Following on from his Island Records’ debut, The Unfinished Violin, England's premier fiddler releases a small band album with a...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Frixx

Frigg

The double X of the Finnish fiddlers' album title has nothing to do with the content; rather, it is a...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Dúchas

Damien O'Reilly

Button accordionist O'Reilly stays close to home in his first solo outing on disc with material drawn from his native...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Nani

Emmi Kujanpää

Nani is the debut album from Finnish folk musician and researcher Emmi Kujanpää. An avid enthusiast of Finnish and Bulgarian...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Wild Games

Vedan Kolod

There's a rugged earthiness and authenticity about Vedan Kolod. The name in old Russian means ‘Prophetic Tree’, although as a...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Decade

Fidil

This new effort from the Irish string trio sees them return with an impressive display of fiddle music based around...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Tuath: Songs of the Northlands

Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie

Brian Ó hEadhra and Fiona Mackenzie have been working together for 25 years now, notably in the bands Anam and...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Mentro

Gwen Màiri

The title of this album is taken from a traditional tune, ‘Mentra, Gwen’ (Venture, Gwen). How could Gwen Màiri resist...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

La Criée

Zakouska

Originally influenced by the Balkan and Romanian traditions spanning the Carpathian mountain range of Central and Eastern Europe, this French...

Reviewed in issue May/2020