Reviews

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

Deltu

Pevarlamm

Deltu (Dynamism) is Breton world music, taking its influences from Brittany to Ireland, from Scotland to Galicia, from ceilidh to...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Anian

9Bach

The Welsh band's third album is a cohesive, interconnected set of original songs and carefully placed Welsh folk songs, including...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Heavy Wood

Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra

Djukella is an insult, common in the Balkans, meaning mongrel. Hellard and his band have reclaimed it aptly: their music...

Reviewed in issue June/2016