Reviews
Border Woods
The Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli follows 2018's excellent Avant Folk album with this much smaller quartet formation. There are two...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Liag
Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne, John Doyle
Here's something to relish: three musicians at the top of their games – Dermot Byrne (accordion), Éamonn Coyne (tenor banjo),...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
1990
The village of Szászcsávás in Romania only has 1,000 inhabitants, but its fame far outweighs its size thanks to its...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Head Canon
This is a very strong debut from an accomplished folk voice. Ashworth has toured with Chris Wood, with whom parallels...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
365: Volume 2
Reveal Records issued Volume 1 in the spring of 2018, with Lau's fiddler joining forces with jazz pianist Kit Downes...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
To an Isle in the Water
Brisk's music sounds thoroughly and authentically Irish, so it comes as a big surprise to discover the quartet are actually...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
Air Iomall
This is the kind of album that leaves you wanting to hear the whole CD again immediately without having to...
Reviewed in issue October/2019
What Makes You
Indie folk champions Elephant Sessions return with their second album, and a cracker it is too. Winners of Live Act...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Meanders
A Labrador, catching the scent of rabbits in the bushes, sniffs about. ‘Polly in the Wood’, one of several lovely...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
Tango Ladeado
Janne Rättyä & Patrick Demenga
Finland's tango, while a spin-off of the Argentinian/Parisian original and almost as old, is a separate tradition altogether. Its cool,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019
