Reviews
Saints and Scoundrels
The virtuoso accordionist from Doolin in County Clare is certainly not short of a few friends on this wild wagon-train...
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Night Train for Lovers and Thieves
Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes Tuttimundi
Most new Balkan brass records try to capitalise on the genre's reputation as being fantastic dance music – each vying...
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Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed
The songs and music of Show of Hands – the West Country duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer – create...
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I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...
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Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord
Topic continue to mark their 70th anniversary with the release of seven classic albums from their catalogue in sumptuously packaged...
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The Way Home
Having followed an early grounding in his native Highland traditions with a full classical training, Donald Grant is both a...
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Tulipunapalsami
The Finns are particularly good at reinventing their music and folk instruments – thanks largely to the work of the...
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Live
This CD and DVD package is quite brilliant, although not altogether new. I remember, when the DVD of the 2004...
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Uam – From Me
The third studio album from Outer Hebridean Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis is as deeply immersed in the traditions of the...
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The Definitive Collection
Sometime in the late 1980s I made a radio feature saluting the emergence of ‘New Wave English Country Dance Music.’...
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