Reviews

Twenty Live!

Jamie Smith's Mabon

As the title suggests, this album is a celebration of, and love-in for, the Welsh five-piece Mabon and the fans...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Up She Flew

Steph Geremia

In the near-decade since her solo debut, 2009's The Open Road, New York-born, Galway-based flautist Steph Geremia has immersed herself...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Akoustikòs

Agricantus

Blending their southern Italian roots with influences and instruments from Arabia, North Africa and the Touareg people of the Sahara,...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Round #1

Boxing Banjo

Boxing Banjo's debut on disc arrives trailing competition glory for the County Mayo quartet, who together have amassed more than...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Alquimia

Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd

Swedish flamenco guitarist Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd released his engaging debut album Pa'ki Pa'ka in 2016. This album won him not...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Meridian

Dosca

Inspired by both Scottish and Irish influences and based in Glasgow, Dosca are one of the newest bands on the...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Neath the Gloaming Star

Hannah Rarity

West Lothian singer Hannah Rarity had already toured with Irish-American band Cherish the Ladies when she won the BBC Radio...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Laws of Motion

Karine Polwart with Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson

Following hot on the heels of A Pocket of Wind Resistance, Polwart's album to accompany her Wind Resistance theatre project,...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Förgänglighet

Åkervinda

Åkervinda are a Swedish and Danish quartet of accomplished female vocalists. Trained in jazz, the group also have a deep...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Falling

The Fire Doves

The Fire Doves, a UK duo consisting of the two singers Sebastiana Black and Birgitta Campbell, one playing accordion and...

Reviewed in issue December/2018