Reviews

Origo

Kaja

Rooted in Eastern European music, this latest album from instrumental trio Kaja explores the boundaries of that wide genre and...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Nyolc 8 Nyolc

Söndörgő

Söndörgő are Hungary's super-lively tambura band, fizzing in their music and breathtaking to watch on stage. Members of the Eredics...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Jorden Svart

Järventaus | Dluzewski

This is timeless Scandinavian simplicity itself: the dark-edged voice of Maria Järventaus set against the virtuosic strings of Gabbi Dluzewski....

Reviewed in issue July/2019

The Great Irish Songbook

Dervish

Dervish mark 30 years together with their first studio album in more than a decade and the first to be...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Pauanne

Pauanne

Pauanne are an eye- and ear-catching trio from Finland. They revel in the darker, pre-Christian sounds of the folk tradition...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Ancora

Flook

After early success with three albums that positioned them as a force to be reckoned with, Flook went silent in...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Merčedes Kolo

Dobranotch

The Finnish harmonica band Sväng have made a series of photographs on different modes of transport – motorbike sidecar, railway...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Restitute

Eliza Carthy

In 2016, the Wayward Band, the ensemble of gifted musicians Eliza Carthy first assembled in 2013, suffered what she describes...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Enclosure

The Askew Sisters

The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Handful of Earth

Dick Gaughan

When this album was released in November 1981, the year had already seen riots in Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side,...

Reviewed in issue July/2019