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Review of Jara en el Camino

Jara en el Camino

Salao

Taller de Músics

Rating: ★★★★

Catalonia's relationship with the rest of Spain is complicated, to say the least. There are many Catalonians who view themselves...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Little Lights

Little Lights

Ailie Robertson

Lorimer Records

Rating: ★★★★

Robertson is a harpist of high renown, having won all manner of prizes for her virtuosic clàrsach (Celtic harp) playing....

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Another Man's Ground

Another Man's Ground

The Young’uns

Hereteu Records

Rating: ★★★★

The fourth studio album from the Teesside folk trio is their very own War and Peace. With an epic sweep...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Avgi: Live in Heraklion Walls

Avgi: Live in Heraklion Walls

Stelios Petrakis Quartet

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Lyra virtuoso Stelios Petrakis is one of several talented young musicians to have emerged from the teaching and performance workshops...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of The Fade in Time

The Fade in Time

Sam Lee & Friends

Top of the World

Nest Collective Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Sam Lee has wandered throughout the UK and Ireland learning songs, and how to sing them, from travellers and Gypsies,...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Neon Fields

Neon Fields

Transkapela

Transkapela

Rating: ★★★

The Polish group Transkapela, led by cimbały (cimbalom) player Robert Wasilewski, has received strong commendations in this magazine for their...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Interloper

Interloper

Tom Kitching

Fellside

Rating: ★★★★

It's intriguing to hear what Kitching, a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalist and member of Pilgrim's Way, is...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Rua da Emenda

Rua da Emenda

António Zambujo

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

Up to this point, António Zambujo had been gradually climbing a ladder that meant both more international recognition, establishing a...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Napot Holdat Csillagot

Napot Holdat Csillagot

Eszter Pál

Fonó Music

Rating: ★★

Pál is a new voice on the traditional Hungarian music scene, endorsed by the Hagyományok Hása (Hungarian Heritage House), the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

Review of Incidents & Accidents

Incidents & Accidents

Dan Walsh

Rooksmere Records

Rating: ★★★

The best tracks on British singer and banjo player Dan Walsh's previous album, The Same but Different, were its solo...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2015

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