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Review of Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller

Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller

Trèvol

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Trèvol present themselves as a young quartet picking on traditional instruments and repertoire, while inserting jazz, pop and folk elements....

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Undergrowth

Undergrowth

Hayden Powell

Periskop

Rating: ★★★★

This is the fifth album as leader by the Oslo-based trumpeter, who has long been a fixture on the Norwegian...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Cold Blows the Rain

Cold Blows the Rain

Bridget Hayden and The Apparitions

Basin Rock

Rating: ★★★★

This is a good period for ethereal and weird folk and traditional music, with acts like Milkweed seeing their idiosyncratic...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines

Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines

Jean Claude Vannier Et Son Orchestre de Mandolines

Ipecac

Rating: ★★★

Now here’s an unusual, quirky and charming instrumental set from a French composer with a deserved cult following in the...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of The Winter Yards

The Winter Yards

Steve Knightley

Elm Farm Music

Rating: ★★★★

This is – believe it or not – the first solo studio album from English folk singer-songwriter Steve Knightley in...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Violet Sky

Violet Sky

Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Helen Gentile (Monkey See Monkey Do) and Lewis Wood (Granny’s Attic) reunite for Violet Sky, their second album of original...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty

Christy Moore

Claddagh Records

Rating: ★★★★★

More than half a century after his debut LP, Christy Moore’s first outing on Claddagh Records shows there’s still mileage...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of De Cop i Volta

De Cop i Volta

Brunzit

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Brunzit is the Catalan word for both the buzzing of the bees and a drink that’s made from honey and...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Klezmer, Niguns & Co

Klezmer, Niguns & Co

Duo Peylet-Cuniot

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Clarinettist Nano Peylet and pianist Denis Cuniot formed their duo in 1983 in their native France and have been playing...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain

Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain

VARIOUS ARTISTS

FLEE

Rating: ★★★

FLEE Project are known for their work in presenting traditional musics raw, and then calling on contemporary musicians to recontextualise...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

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