Reviews
Strì
The singer Maeve Mackinnon's third studio album, Strì (meaning ‘to strive’ or ‘to struggle’) is a beautiful piece of work....
Reviewed in issue May/2018
The Tiree Songbook
Inspired by the Na Bàird Thirisdeach, an early 20th-century collection of songs and poems from the island of Tiree, this...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
The Waters and the Wild
The first two tracks of this third album from the Dorset duo largely sum up the whole set. ‘The Hour...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Personae
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
There is perhaps a word missing – ‘dramatis’ – from the title of the Dartmoor-based duo's fifth album, for they...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
From Baroque to Fado
When one puts it all together in the same sentence, it looks like a recipe for disaster: Portuguese baroque music,...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Between Wind and Water
There's always been a natural joyfulness in the sound the String Sisters make together. Right from their first performance at...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Arañando el Alma
Here is an international and intergenerational demonstration of the living art of flamenco, pairing mature intensity with youthful enthusiasm. A...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Ääneni Yli Vesien
Finnish folk music is undergoing another exciting resurgence with many young bands finding new and inventive ways of celebrating traditions....
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Solo
In instrumental folk, it's rare that a solo album is actually a solo album. An album of ‘solo fiddle’ will...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Autumn Winds
It doesn’t take long to get sucked into the subtle beauty of Irish singer and song collector Niall Hanna's debut...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
