Reviews
Looking Glass
Fay Hield is the first new signing to Topic Records for a decade. Topic is the oldest independent label in...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
The Rough Guide to Greek Café
This disc is impressive, covering a great deal of ground from 1960s laïká to later more eclectic and Anatolian-inspired tracks,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Six Days in Down
Bob Brozman, John McSherry & Dónal O'Connor
Interviewing John McSherry earlier this year, the Belfast-born uilleann piper waxed both lyrically and enthusiastically about a recording session that...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Låtar II: Swedish Folk Tunes
Swedish folk tunes is what it says on the tin, and, indeed that's what you get. But these two exceptional...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
White Nights
As members of the astoundingly energetic Shetland band Fiddler's Bid, Scottish harpist Catriona McKay and fiddler Chris Stout have been...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010
Canaich
As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Twice Reflected Sun
Nancy Kerr and James Fagan both sing and, between them, play fiddle, viola, bouzouki, mandolin and guitar. Both were born...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Netherbow
Orkney duo Saltfishforty is comprised of Douglas Montgomery on fiddle, viola and mandolin, with Brian Cromarty on vocals, guitar, mandola...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
Dance
If ever a band were overdue a lifetime achievement award it is Blowzabella. Not only have they written a stack...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
…e l’italiano ride
Singer-songwriter Mirco Menna here encounters a 52-piece Sicilian brass band, directed by Sebastiano Bell’Arte. It's the pair's second recording, following...
Reviewed in issue October/2010
