Reviews
Gael Vision
Violinist Joe O’Donnell was a force to be reckoned with in the Irish music scene of the 1970s, colliding traditional...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2020
After a Thousand Years
Two years ago, Brooklyn-born musician producer Jneiro Jarel had virtually completed this album, while he was living in Costa Rica....
Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2020
World Inverted
Estonian fiddler, composer and singer Maarja Nuut has been a favourite in these parts since her 2016 album Une Meeles...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2020
Frontrunner
Frontrunner is Anglo-Hungarian Rakoczy’s horse-themed debut. From pagan creatures to racehorses, equine figures run through the album, tying together a...
Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: December/2020
150 Voices
Sklamberg is best-known as the vocalist of The Klezmatics and an excellent Yiddish (and English) singer. Siberian-born Shepherd is also...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2020
Going for Broke
Good Habits are a duo from Manchester Bonnie Schwarz (vocals/cello) and Pete Shaw (accordion/cajón). By a quirk of fate, they...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2020
To the Awe
With the same band she used for her award-winning Here’s My Heart Come Take It (drummer/producer Mattie Foulds, violinist Lauren...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020
From Ocean’s Floor
Linda Buckley is one of the most eclectic, least categorisable composers Ireland has produced in recent years. As likely to...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2020
The Living Mountain
Jenny Sturgeon is quite the renaissance woman. The Aberdeenshirebased singer-songwriter has a PhD in seabird ecology and as well as...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2020
