Reviews
Joint Control
Long celebrated as one of the UK's foremost acoustic guitarists, John Renbourn's work, whether solo or with supergroup Pentangle, always...
Reviewed in issue November/2016
Warp & Weft
This album is a debut from a duo of multi-instrumentalists Mike Cosgrave and Steve Banks. Built on fiddle (Banks) and...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Before We Change Our Mind
Take a handful of insanely talented Irish musicians, two accordions, guitar, fiddle, bodhrán, piano and vocals. Add 14 years of...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Nocturno
Gianni Iorio & Pasquale Stafano
Ever since Astor Piazzolla relocated to Milan in 1973 to spend a decade experimenting and recording blistering, audacious albums such...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Inspired by Chance
Their 2014 album Tall Tales and Misadventures saw Limerick quintet Goitse up the ante with a set marked by variety,...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Brinca
Paride Peddio & Jonathan Della Marianna
It is both odd and a real shame that Sardinia's richly vibrant traditional music culture isn’t better known internationally. But...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
String Theory
Galway quartet We Banjo 3 here press home their ‘Celticgrass’ crossover credentials with their most confident and accomplished release to...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Ojos Cerrados
Flamenco guitarists are constantly seeking new approaches and settings. Andreas Arnold, born in Germany and now based in Spain and...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Jigdoll
The album begins with a soft low hum, then lyrical vocal layers build up, like cumulus clouds across a twilight...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Plaint of Lapwing
Alasdair Roberts & James Green
Alasdair Roberts has a busy and productive muse – with a long line of striking solo records behind him, recent...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
