Reviews
Ten Thousand Miles
Despite several line-up changes across more than two decades together, Danú, guided by button accordionist co-founder Benny McCarthy, has managed...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Človek ni Zver
War never changes, so they say, and this collection of songs assembled around the theme of war and its victims...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Hjeltamôs
Per Gudmundson & Bengan Janson
A crackling fire under a summer sky, dried flowers on a windowsill, a wistful smile and the coolness of grass...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Songhive: Beelore & Folksong in the British Isles
Folk music often has a special relationship with the native flora and fauna of the land from which it springs....
Reviewed in issue October/2018
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Oj Borom, Borom
Maniucha Bikont & Ksawery Wojcinski
This beautifully produced set comes with a fascinating essay from singer Maniucha Bikont about the source of these songs, and...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Owl Light
This is the debut album from an Oxfordshire folk trio that has emerged from the folk group Telling the Bees,...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Shivelight
‘Shivelight’ is the light that dances and dapples through a canopy of trees; something that captures the essence of the...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
The Rough Bounds
Named after an area of West Lochaber where the band formed 20 years ago, The Rough Bounds is another strong...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
