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Review of Portu in Core

Portu in Core

I Muvrini

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Followers of Corsican supergroup I Muvrini (The Mountain Sheep) will know the formula: voices steeped in tradition; an ensemble that's...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Rose in June

Rose in June

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Boden's presence on the 21st-century British folk scene has been colossal – from his stint in Eliza Carthy's Ratcatchers band...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of A Pilgrim's Tale

A Pilgrim's Tale

Seth Lakeman

BMG

Rating: ★★★

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail with 102 passengers, mostly religious refugees, for a new...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World 1966-1979

Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World 1966-1979

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

The arrival of this selection of recordings made in, mostly, Bulgaria in the 60s and 70s by US folk dance...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Portu in Core

Portu in Core

I Muvrini

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Followers of Corsican supergroup I Muvrini (The Mountain Sheep) will know the formula: voices steeped in tradition; an ensemble that's...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Songs of Forbidden Love

Songs of Forbidden Love

The London Bulgarian Choir

The London Bulgarian Choir

Rating: ★★★★

Under the assured leadership of Dessislava Stefanova, The London Bulgarian Choir have become a very impressive outfit. The LBC consist...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of Dilyn Afon

Dilyn Afon

Cynefin

Astar Artes

Rating: ★★★★

Cynefin is the recording name of West Wales trip-hop-and-jazz-player-turned-folk-musician Owen Shiers. The title translates as ‘Following a River’ and takes...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

Review of The Servants' Ball

The Servants' Ball

The Servants' Ball

D Wink Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This exuberantly entertaining album came about after double bass player Ben Nicholls, reading about Sussex concertina player Scan Thester, found...

Reviewed in issue April/2020

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

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