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Review of A Mis Hermanos

A Mis Hermanos

Diego Clavel

Nuba Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since winning his first singing prize back in 1970, Diego Clavel has steadily gained an admiring audience both inside Spain's...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Bide Luzea Ternuarat

Bide Luzea Ternuarat

Tadusak

Tadusak

Rating: ★★★

The margins of Europe – geopolitical and physical – vibrate with strange sounds and spirits. From Galicia to Finland to...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Far Better Days

Far Better Days

Malinky

Malinky Music

Rating: ★★★

Comprising Steve Byrne, Mark Dunlop, Fiona Hunter and Mike Vass, Malinky have, over the last 15 years, confidently established themselves...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Live in Shetland

Live in Shetland

Jenna Reid

Jenna Reid

Rating: ★★★

For her fourth solo album, Shetland fiddle player Jenna Reid teams up with three of her long-standing collaborators for a...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Shift

Shift

Kirsty Law

Toun Records

Rating: ★★★★

Shift, the debut album from Borders-born Kirsty Law, is a fine example of the plentiful talent burgeoning from Edinburgh's session...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Fiesta Gitana con Camarón y sus Amigos

Fiesta Gitana con Camarón y sus Amigos

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vox

Rating: ★★

Camarón de la Isla was the superstar of post-war flamenco – he had the looks of Mick Jagger, lifestyle of...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Gràs

Gràs

Mairi MacInnes

Puffin Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Hailing from the windswept Outer Hebridean island of South Uist, MacInnes is one of the finest singers in the Gaelic...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

Review of Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

Spiro

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The folk quartet Spiro rework English dance tunes under the aegis of minimalism and systems music; these are tunes that...

Reviewed in issue June/2015

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

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