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Review of Sealladh

Sealladh

Rachel Newton

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Scottish harpist and singer was commissioned by The National Galleries of Scotland to make music and songs paired with...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Telyn Wrachïod

Telyn Wrachïod

Rhodri Davies

Top of the World

Amgen

Rating: ★★★★

We all need to escape from time to time, physically, mentally, spiritually. Listening to Rhodri Davies’ latest and eighth album...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Skydancers

Skydancers

Martin Simpson

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

‘The bird completes the skyline’ is a refrain in the title-track of Martin Simpson’s new album. Simpson loves birds; a...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free

Bonny Light Horseman

Jagjaguwar

Rating: ★★★

With Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free, Bonny Light Horseman deliver a capacious collection of acoustic Americana. The process...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of From the Ground

From the Ground

Laura-Beth Salter & Ali Hutton

FTG Records

Rating: ★★★★

Nature now can be attributed as a band member on albums and songs, and it should see royalties pour down...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of All You Need is Death

All You Need is Death

Ian Lynch

Invada Records

Rating: ★★★★

All You Need is Death is the first cinematic soundtrack from Lankum’s Ian Lynch. The film of the same name...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Gordan

Gordan

Gordan

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The members of Gordan are Serbian singer Svetlana Spajić, Austrian percussionist Andi Stecher and German bassist and electronics specialist Guido...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Birds

Birds

Vedan Kolod

CPL-Music

Rating: ★★★★

A strange, compelling concept album from a family folk trio from Siberia who are deservedly well-known across Russia. Vedan Kolod...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Lúireach

Lúireach

Landless

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Landless are a female vocal quartet – Ruth Clinton, Sinéad Lynch, Méabh Meir, Lily Power – newly into their second...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Withershins

Withershins

Jamie Dickson

Jamie Dickson

Rating: ★★★★

Withershins is the debut solo album from Glastonbury-based guitarist Jamie Dickson. A homage to British folk guitar legends such as...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

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