Reviews

It All Came Round Again

Fairport Convention

Subtitled ‘On Stage and On Air 1982-90’, this is an extensive and intriguing history of what was a decidedly tricky...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Femmina

Gera Bertolone

The vocalist and clarinettist Gera Bertolone hails from Sicily, and here puts together an album of original songs which blend...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Epourall

Ciac Boum

The new album from western French folk band Ciac Boum is a new direction for them. Bigger, stranger arrangements, tapping...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

A Little Wilderness

Jeri Foreman & Ruth Eliza

Foreman is the founder of the Glasgow Old Time Session who has taken her old-time fiddle music around the world,...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Twines

Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki

Poland’s avant-folk export combines the knotty, clay-bound roots of Polish music and folkloric traditions with innovation and experimentation, whether that...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

A Milers de Somnis de Distància

Santi Careta

Santi Careta is an intriguing Catalan musician. Contributing to bands like Astrio, Rodrigo Laviña y Su Combo and Alba Careta...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Bosa Maria

Mostar Sevdah Reunion

Twenty five years on from their debut, the finest and best-known exponents of Bosnian sevdah are still in a class...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

In Winter

The Unthanks

A winter album has been on the to-do list of this brilliantly inventive art-folk ensemble for a decade and a...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Ville Veier

Erlend Viken Trio

Erlend Viken Trio’s latest album, Ville Veier (Wild Ways), marks a dynamic return. Known for their improvisational flair rooted in...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Great Joy to the New

Janice Burns & Jon Doran

Great Joy to the New opens with ‘Derby Ram’, the surprisingly upbeat story of a gargantuan sheep and the gloriously...

Reviewed in issue January/2025