Reviews
These Mountain Blues
His name might sound as Scottish as oatcakes, single malt whisky, heather or tossing the caber, but that doesn’t mean...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Behind the Glass
Followers of British folk may know The Fair Rain as The Old Dance School. The septet led by singer-songwriter Robin...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
In Tune with the Wolves
Finnish singer Riikka Timonen has a stunningly beautiful voice, and that is the strength of In Tune with the Wolves....
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Dansing
Tęgie Chłopy are a new band that's gathered around veteran saxophone and clarinet player Stanisław Witkowski. Born in 1934, Witkowski...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Of What We Spoke
Threaded are a classically trained English folk trio from the Midlands and this beautifully designed CD is their first release....
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Why the Mountains are Black: Primeval Greek Village Music 1907-1960
In early 1980s Epirus (Greece), I learned of a University of Washington musicologist engaged in fieldwork for a PhD on...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
Bedlam
Kelly Oliver is a musician growing in ambition and confidence. Her first album This Land was very much a solo...
Reviewed in issue May/2016
The Space Between
For their new inter-Celtic album, the five-piece Mabon, led by the accordion and voice of Jamie Smith, enlisted Jim Moray...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
Yet We Sing
Germany has enjoyed a long-standing love affair with Celtic music, and Cara, featuring four of Germany's finest traditional musicians and...
Reviewed in issue April/2016
