Reviews
Na Beanna Beola
It’s a been a long wait for Fiachra O’Regan’s solo follow-up to his 2008 debut, Aisling Gheal. The time in...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Glad Christmas Comes
‘Glad Christmas comes’ is the opening line from ‘December’ in John Clare’s poem The Shepherd’s Calendar. Carthy and Boden sing...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Torem
Shamanic couple Natasha ‘Baba Yaga’ and Anatoly Pakhalenko bring you another haunting Siberian offering with Torem. It’s an invitation to...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Talende Strenger/Kertovat Kielet
Ragnhild Knudsen & Pauliina Syrjälä
Look no further than this Norwegian/Finnish collaboration for a textbook example of how musicians and producers should convey their music...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Ode Dite
This is a curious release from Croatian guitarist and singer-songwriter Adam Semijalac. He’s deliberately put his guitar away and picked...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
When We Fly
Hartwin Dhoore and his younger brother, Ward, are a duo from Rodeland in Belgium. They take their name, Siger, from...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
A Brighter Future
The past century-plus of recorded accordion music in Finland has been dominated by dance music, epitomised by countless polkas and...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Now & Then (Box Set)
Now here’s a brilliant bumper box set. It contains CDs of 12 Sharon Shannon studio albums, including a brand new...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Melkutus Party
The zither-like kantele has its roots deep in Finnish history and Venäläinen, on her debut album, embraces its beauty and...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
Always Can’t Go On Forever
Since their widely acclaimed 2018 album Seven Sisters, which celebrated the cultural roots of the band, Don Kipper have been...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2024
