Reviews

Matter of Time

Dallahan

Edinburgh-based Dallahan follow their promising debut, When the Day is on the Turn, with the no less energetic and enjoyable...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Paths That Wind

The Paul McKenna Band

Released to mark the band's tenth anniversary, Paths That Wind is a celebration of The Paul McKenna Band's vibrant history...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Ignite

Will Pound & Eddy Jay

There must be 45 minutes worth of music on Ignite, but it lasts less than half an hour, such is...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Here's My Heart Come Take It

Rachel Newton

The Scottish singer, harpist and pianist Rachel Newton is part of the Furrow Collective, Emily Portman's trio and The Shee....

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Beard Town

Sheelanagig

Even shorn of the street theatre, storytelling and occasional acrobatics of their stage shows, the Balkan-flavoured reckless abandon of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Gypsy Lover

Faith i Branko

English accordionist and circus performer Faith Elliott loved Balkan music so much that several years ago she landed in Serbia,...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Deliverance

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

It's five years since the first Nordic Fiddlers Bloc album. Since then they have endeared themselves to audiences with their...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This year sees the 17th BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They grow ever more prestigious and this year, the Royal...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Moura

Ana Moura

The second Moura begins it becomes obvious this is no ordinary fado record. It takes just a snippet of ‘Moura...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Hearts Broken, Heads Turned

Jarlath Henderson

Jarlath Henderson hinted he could sing, as well as playing startlingly good uilleann pipes and whistle, on his 2013 Air-Fix...

Reviewed in issue June/2016