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Review of The Long Way Home

The Long Way Home

Show of Hands

Top of the World

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

Since joining forces more than two decades ago, Devon duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer have become not only a...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Aon Teanga

Watercolour Music

Rating: ★★★

One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Šatrika

Šatrika

Čači Vorba

Top of the World

Oriente Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Čači Vorba is the name of the group, but it's vocalist and fiddler Maria Natanson who is the star of...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Vivir Sin Miedo

Vivir Sin Miedo

Buika

Warner

Rating: ★★★

Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of The Tambourine Man

The Tambourine Man

Xabier Diaz & Adufeiras de Salitre

Diaz & de Salitre

Rating: ★★★

A soft shake of the tambourine and a lonely drumbeat introduce ‘Xota Delira’, the opening track on this daring experiment...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Songs of Separation

Songs of Separation

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★

The star-studded folk ensemble has become a staple of both stage and CD – witness the likes of The Full...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Best Day

Best Day

Mairearad & Anna

Shouty Records

Rating: ★★★

Brought up in the Scottish Highlands, Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalists Mairearad Green and Anna Massie have developed a reputation for their accomplished,...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Ulaid

Ulaid

John McSherry, Dónal O’Connor & Seán Óg Graham

Ulaidmusic.com

Rating: ★★★★

Proof that virtuosity isn’t all about ego, volume and speed comes in the form of this appealingly relaxed debut from...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Two Wolves

Two Wolves

Marry Waterson & David A Jaycock

One Little Indian

Rating: ★★★★

Marry Waterson is an intriguingly contradictory artist. Her singing is restrained, almost shy, and at the same time intense and...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Review of Folktron

Folktron

Oratnitza

Fusion Embassy

Rating: ★★★★

On the second full-length album from Bulgarian folk distorters Oratnitza, the quartet continues its quest to meld traditional music with...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

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