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Review of Fetch!

Fetch!

Ewan MacPherson

Top of the World

Shoogle Records

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in Scotland and Norway, Fetch! features a rich mix of Celtic and UK influences; MacPherson's latest solo album is...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Driftwood Harp

Driftwood Harp

Pippa Reid-Foster

Pippa Reid-Foster

Rating: ★★★

Pippa Reid-Foster's debut CD is a set of original compositions and arrangements for the clarsach – traditional Scottish harp. The...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Live at the Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Live at the Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Three Cane Whale

Kelston Records

Rating: ★★★

This first live album from the Bristol trio of Alex Vann, Pete Judge and Paul Bradley is also a recording...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Call Me Home

Call Me Home

Alden, Patterson and Dashwood

Alden, Patterson and Dashwood

Rating: ★★★★

Not only have this youthful Norwich-based folk/Americana trio independently released their rather lovely debut album, but each copy features a...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of Pondelorum

Pondelorum

Eoin Dillon

Eoin Dillon

Rating: ★★★★

Long celebrated as the founder of Irish traditional group Kíla, Eoin Dillon's lyrical uilleann pipe and whistle playing provides the...

Reviewed in issue March/2017

Review of The Corner House Set

The Corner House Set

Aidan Coffey

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Inspired by one of Cork's finest live music pubs, The Corner House Set finds accordionist Aidan Coffey clearly enjoying himself...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Death and Other Animals

Death and Other Animals

Faustus

Westpark Music

Rating: ★★★★

Messrs Rose, Sartin and Kirkpatrick are three crack players whose music has been heard far and wide – whether in...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of No Petticoats Here

No Petticoats Here

Louise Jordan

Azania Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is a gutsy and meticulously researched project paying tribute to the largely forgotten stories of female heroism in World...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Widdershins

Widdershins

Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola

Top of the World

Dell Daisy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola have an instinctive, magical musical relationship. Summers’ Scottish heritage (manifest in her work with the...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of CantöRiöndö

CantöRiöndö

Gruppo Spontaneo Trallalero

Felmay Records

Rating: ★★★

The spirit of Genoa resounds through this celebration of the singing circle of trallalero – a form of urban traditional...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

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