Reviews
Orfeo
Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
The title-track of Orfeo is a version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story dating from the 13th century, via a...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Morning Moon
Shetland lass Jenna Reid has long established herself as one of the most exciting fiddlers on the traditional scene. She’s...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Off Beaten Tracks
There’s a palpable electricity to an Urban Folk Quartet gig. It surges through the musicians and into the crowd when...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Pwnco
Allan yn y Fan, a quintet from Gwent, South Wales, are proud purveyors of twmpath music. A twmpath is a...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Release the Penguins
Flamenco, jazz and Gypsy swing mingle together in the world of the TG Collective, a guitar-led sextet from a British...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea
A Treasury is just that, a hoard of the best shanties. Furthermore, it’s sung by four of the finest outfits...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown
This young Manchester-based singer-songwriter and guitarist first made a bit of a name for himself in a duo with fiddler...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
Two Fine Days
Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...
Reviewed in issue July/2012
The Vice of the People
Folk-rock guv’nor Ashley Hutchings has passed on the title deeds of The Albion Band to his son Blair Dunlop and,...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
Essentially Invisible to the Eye
I can't remember ever seeing Karen Tweed's [pictured right] name alone. It has always been Karen Tweed and Ian Carr...
Reviewed in issue June/2012
