Reviews
To Whom Ourselves We Owe
Adam Weikert was directed towards folk music as a form of social prescribing – a chance to engage with a...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Gatherings
John Smith is best experienced live, which is just as well, as he often spends 200 days of the year...
Reviewed in issue February/March/2026
Lost Maps & Long Barrows
Shipwreck Orchestra is the recording project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Miller, who not only wrote and arranged all the...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
La Noche
Radio Tarifa were one of the great Spanish bands of the 90s, their blend of Spanish, North African and medieval...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
This is the Place
Hartwin is diatonic accordionist Hartwin Dhoore, here joined by violinist Pavel Souvandjiev and cellist Flavia Escartin, balancing the worlds of...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Soundscapes of Nicosia
Nābu Pēra are a trio from the Greek Cypriot capital Nicosia on vibraphone (Natasa Hadjiandreou), flute (Demetris Yiasemides), frame-drum (Savvas...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Cosán Casta
Aoife Ní Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy
Cosán Casta means ‘winding path’, an apt title for this collaboration between fiddle player Aoife Ní Bhriain and pianist Cormac...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Mareld
There are bears and boats here, gusts of wind, a drooping cigarette, though you don’t really need to know the...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
A’ Chailleach
Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s A’ Chailleach is, to quote, “a concept record rooted in female folklore, spell work and hidden...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
Engrained
A purist’s delight. This is a debut album from a quartet of English fiddlers, all with firm reputations on the...
Reviewed in issue January/2026
