Reviews
Gather the Good
Potently blending Irish traditional music, bluegrass and old-time Americana, We Banjo 3's 2012 debut Roots of the Banjo Tree saw...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Castellum Honesti
Castellum Honesti was originally recorded in Dublin and released in 1989. The fact that a band from Galicia should end...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Acoustic Classics
This may sport one of the least inspiring pieces of cover art you’re ever likely to have seen, but the...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Changeling
Rachel Newton is nothing if not busy – a member of The Shee, the Emily Portman Trio, the Furrow Collective...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Cold Old Fire
Much has been happening on Ireland's live circuit in recent years, with the emergence of new names trying new ways...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
The Devil Makes Three
Twelfth Day, comprising Catriona Price on fiddle and vocals and Esther Swift on pedal harp, clarsach harp and vocals, have...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Suites
The third album from veteran Breton violinist Jacky Molard and his instrumental quartet furthers Molard's ongoing mission of crossing musical...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth
The interesting album title has been taken from one of the Greek poet Sappho's fragments. It suggests Cannell seeks in...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Mängleik
Playfulness is at the heart of this music. There's a real sense of being at a live concert, feet tapping...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Any Other Morning
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
