Reviews

Mutation

Monster Ceilidh Band

Newcastle-based Monster Ceilidh Band are much in the mould of Shooglenifty or Peatbog Faeries, with a rich fusion of ceilidh...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Bound

Jenn & Laura-Beth

Based in Glasgow, Jenn Butterworth (guitar and voice) and Laura-Beth Salter (mandolin and voice) have become a ubiquitous presence on...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Till April is Dead: A Garland of May

Lisa Knapp

In these garlands for May, Lisa Knapp sounds ardent and pure, driven by purpose and conviction. You can tell these...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Almost Home

Keston Cobblers Club

The folk-pop troupe Keston Cobblers Club return here with their third album. Since they released Wildfire in 2015, these Kentish...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Opus

Afenginn

While on tour in Australia, Finnish-born Copenhagen-based Kim Rafael Nyberg, Afenginn's frontman and composer, suffered an accident that left him...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Recycle

Cimbaliband

Founded in 2006, Hungary's Cimbaliband are a surefire festival hit. Centred on the larger-than-life cimbalom player Balázs Unger, they are...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Diffractions

Ollie King

Diffraction occurs when light spreads out as a result of passing across an edge or through a small space. Ollie...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

What the Hammer

Noble Jacks

From the moment the opener ‘Gun Hill’ blasted into my ears, this reviewer was transported back to his days of...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Solomon

Calan

This young Welsh five-piece sing in a mixture of Welsh and English, draw on the folklore of Celtic Wales, and...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Across the Water

Alex Cumming & Nicola Beazley

Having won himself a degree of UK folk-scene success with his group The Teacups, an a capella quartet who have...

Reviewed in issue May/2017