Reviews

An Introduction to Nic Jones

Nic Jones

Topic Records, 80 this year, asked Nic Jones to compile a selection of his work to add to their An...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Rajatila/Borderline

Tuuletar

The Finnish a capella quartet Tuuletar made quite an impression with their first album Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal in 2016...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

The Lines We Draw Together

Rowan Rheingans

The Sheffield fiddler, banjoist and songwriter taps into the rich new vein of folk music with theatre, historical memoir, poetry...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Klarvær

Moenje

Klarvær (Clear Skies) is the debut album from Moenje, a new group led by the Norwegian south Sámi joiker Marja...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Château du Garage

Spöket i Köket

This is a very strange concoction. Spöket i Köket (Ghost in the Kitchen) are a ten-piece band based in Sweden,...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

The Four Pillars

Mike Vass

This multimedia project first began to take shape when musician, composer, producer and arranger Mike Vass, formerly with Malinky and...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Tairm

Whyte

Gaelic electronica duo Whyte return with the follow-up to their wellreceived debut, Fairich, this time adding cello, double bass, percussion,...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Loom

Propellor

Director and composer Jack McNeill is a clarinet soloist and chamber musician working with a number of classical ensembles, many...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Border Woods

Frode Haltli

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