Reviews
The Brilliant Irish Flute: The Inish Turk Beg Sessions
The privately owned island of Inish Turk Beg in Clew Bay off the wild Atlantic coast of Ireland produces its...
Reviewed in issue June/2011
Annwn
Catrin Finch was a child prodigy. She started learning the harp at the age of five, scored the highest marks...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Danza das Areas
Galician singer Uxía’s impressive track record guarantees quality songs. Nine out of 14 tracks here have distinguished guests, known for...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Matheu Watson
They look after their young talent in Scotland. Gaelic speaker Matheu Watson studied music at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in Skye...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Subvillage Sound
There is a small but lively electro-folk scene in Poland, which was kick-started by the Warsaw Village Band. Village Kollektiv,...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Live at Perthshire Amber
Julie Fowlis is now a fine ambassador for the music, song and culture of her Outer Hebridean homeland and this...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
A Tiempo
Hailing from Triana, Seville's one time Gypsy quartei and home of classic flamenco, Rosario Guerrero Hernández, aka ‘La Tremendita’, has...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Beginner’s Guide to Celtic
How do you avoid the inevitable clichés of ‘Celticness’? This three-CD beginner's compilation has set itself an unenviable task. BBC...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Zhyli-Byli
Sergei Starostin is a major figure on the Russian folk scene, yet he’s still all too little known, despite his...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
Some Kind of Certainty
Breabach member and 2008 Young Traditional Musician of the Year award winner Ewan Robertson opens his debut release with a...
Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011
