Reviews
Sandwood
Following on from two major artistic endeavours in recent years – the award-winning, multi-media project Kin and his Strathglass Trilogy...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Oliveiras
One should always try to forget any preconceptions when approaching a fado singer from abroad, with no real reputation or...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Summertime
Les Bottines Artistiques (The Artistic Boots) are a young instrumental duo with faces as youthful as their music sounds. As...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Chewing the Fat
There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Young Night Thought
Kirsty Law is a singer-songwriter from the Scottish Borders who has a Folk and Traditional Music degree from Newcastle University....
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Foxglove & Fuschia
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's first solo album in five years sees the former Danú frontwoman returning to her West Kerry roots...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Ao Longe Já Se Ouvia
Formed in Oporto in 2012, Sopa de Pedra is a ten-woman a capella group who take their name from a...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
One Rainy Evening
Belgian violinist Naomi Vercauteren studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where she carried out research into bowing...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Bare Knuckle
Across 20 years of playing together, Chris Stout and Catriona McKay have developed an international reputation for making striking string...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Below Ground
The members of Effra have both high-quality musicianship and integrity. They carry both lightly – banter at their gigs is...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
