Reviews

Metta

Damian Helliwell's Metta

Damian Helliwell, better known as a member of Gaelic Dàimh, has launched his new project, Metta, in collaboration with a...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

A Thousand Hearts

Cara Dillon

Five year's after Cara Dillon's last studio album, 2009's Hill of Thieves, comes A Thousand Hearts, a brittle and beautiful...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

This Willowed Light

Maz O’Connor

This is a great return from the young British folk singer Maz O’Connor. Much of the credit for the rich...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

The Friel Sisters

The Friel Sisters

Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel were born and brought up in Glasgow, but the music they play is Irish. Their...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

This is How We Fly

This is How We Fly

The eponymously titled debut from Dublin-based four-piece is a singular, stylish and somewhat startling proposition. Originally brought together for the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Fomenta

Antonio Castrignanò

Tambourine player, singer and composer Antonio Castrignanò determinedly pursues a cutting-edge makeover of Salento's traditional music. This joint musical adventure...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Tincian

9Bach

Singer Lisa Jên and guitarist Martin Hoyland delivered a superb debut album of traditional Welsh folk songs in 2009, fusing...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

It’ll be Fine

Ceol An Aire

Ceol An Aire are a four-piece ceilidh band from Oban, in the West of Scotland, three of whom are still...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Karja-La

Sväng

A touch of Howlin’ Wolf, hints of anarchic fiddle playing, traditional Baltic runo song, and a jumping minuet: prepare yourself...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Isula Ranni

Unavantaluna

Sharing a Sicilian background, the members of Rome-based Unavantaluna cohesively weave the island's traditional style and repertoire, sung in dialect,...

Reviewed in issue July/2014