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Review of Udolç

Udolç

Alba Careta & Henrio

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

The Càntut collection is a project dedicated to collecting and disseminating music orally transmitted in the region of Girona, in...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Cuckoo Storm

Cuckoo Storm

Marry Waterson & Adrian Crowley

One Little Independent

Rating: ★★★

Marry Waterson has delivered an eclectic array of duet recordings over the past decade or so, from 2011’s The Days...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Dusa

Dusa

Monika Wierzbicka

Garaż Artystyczny

Rating: ★★★

Monika Wierzbicka is no newcomer to the Polish music scene. Active since the early 2000s, she co-founded a pop band...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of The Night Dwells in the Day

The Night Dwells in the Day

Jozef Van Wissem | Jozef van Wissem

Incunabulum Records

Rating: ★★★

Josef Van Wissem is on a mission, to transform the image of that ancient instrument, the lute, and “to update...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Buile

Buile

Roehind

Alys Hoy

Rating: ★★

The brainchild of LA-based indie artist Alys Hoy (aka Roehind), Buile fuses Celtic traditional songs from across Europe with downtempo...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of We Know by the Moon

We Know by the Moon

The Furrow Collective

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Anglo-Scottish quartet celebrate a decade of music making with their fourth album, We Know by the Moon. Emily Portman,...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Roots 2

Roots 2

Show of Hands

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

The sense of community created by Devon folk duo Show of Hands is perhaps their greatest achievement. It begins on...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Roundelay

Roundelay

Otvaal

Random Drama

Rating: ★★★

Moscow-born duo Otvaal (aka Dmitry Gudnichev and Vlad Stepanov) are a curious addition to the global music scene. Roundelay is...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of This is What I Want to Say

This is What I Want to Say

Martyn Joseph

Pipe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Throughout a career spanning 40 years, nearly that many albums and thousands of live performances, the Welsh singer-songwriter with the...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Move into the Luminous

Move into the Luminous

Makushin

Top of the World

Blackford Hill

Rating: ★★★★

The cool, ambient depth charges embedded across Move into the Luminous come from prolific double bassist Jon Thorne (Lamb, Yorkston...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2024

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