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Review of Fire Under the Bridge

Fire Under the Bridge

Pons Aelius

Pons Aelius Music

Rating: ★★★

This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn

Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn

Frode Nyvold

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★★

If you're seeking an earthy slice of Norwegian life, look no further. The title translates as ‘Soldiers and Honest Sailors’;...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Super Parquet

Super Parquet

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Top of the World

Pagans

Rating: ★★★★★

We first profiled Super Parquet two years ago (in #134); now they're finally here with a debut to follow 2015's...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Hurry the Jug

Hurry the Jug

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan

Barry Folan & McGowan

Rating: ★★★★

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Cladaich Loch Iù

Cladaich Loch Iù

Steven MacÌomhair

Steven MacÌomhair

Rating: ★★

Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Mély

Mély

Rozsdamaró

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

Rozsdamaró are, in terms of the Hungarian folk revival, relative newcomers but committed traditionalists; that is to say that they...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Mazes

Mazes

Harri Endersby

Ivy Crown Records

Rating: ★★★★

On her second album, Mazes, Harri Endersby subtly blurs the line between traditional and contemporary folk music, with added birdsong...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Cladaich Loch Iù

Cladaich Loch Iù

Steven MacÌomhair

Steven MacÌomhair

Rating: ★★

Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Hurry the Jug

Hurry the Jug

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan

Barry Folan & McGowan

Rating: ★★★★

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped

Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped

Svetlana Spajić Group

Multimedia Music

Rating: ★★★★

The Serbian group of female singers led by Svetlana Spajić is probably the best known and undoubtedly the most prolific...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

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