Reviews
Postfolklor
As the album title suggests, Ponk, a Czech acoustic power trio of cimbalom, violin and double bass, take a powerfully...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Symbiosis
Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton are two of the most competent and accomplished pipe and whistle players on the current...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Live Wires
Having spent too long wandering in debilitating heat to track down the Tambura Museum in Slavonski Brod (in eastern Croatia),...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Eilov
Mountains, glaciers, fjords – this is the landscape of Jølster in western Norway, just north of Bergen, where Gro Marie...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Before the Sun
Following her fine solo debut, Charms Against Sorrow, the singer and guitarist has teamed up with The Willows’ dobro player,...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
To the Tavern
The expert players of the London Klezmer Quartet here weave their skills together to create another carefully crafted sonic offering,...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Smokey Joe
FolkLaw are a folk-rock four piece from the Gloucester area of England – an easy-going part of the world. Their...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Breaking the Spell of Loneliness
Ewan McLennan & George Monbiot
Here's an interesting project: a set of songs by Scottish balladeer and guitarist Ewan McLennan with lyrics by political activist,...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
Rescattermastered
The Hebridean Isles of Tiree and South Uist are a hotchpotch of creative musical talent and Trail West, whose members...
Reviewed in issue December/2016
