Reviews

Pandora’s Box

Dakh Daughters

This is a musical response to war and cruelty. Despite the seriousness of the subject and the dramatic events presented...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Traditional Irish Music Played on the 5-String & Tenor Banjos

Luke Coffey & Patrick ‘Paahto’ Cummins

Right from the get-go on the opening set of reels (‘George White’s/Carracastle Lass’), there’s a lovely swing and lift to...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Bura

Raphael Rogiński & Ružičnjak Tajni

Raphael Rogiński’s latest is a collaboration with Ružičnjak Tajni, his new group of Serbian musicians, including Tijana Golubović (violin) and...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Ilmateade

Duo Ruut

Over the last couple of years, Estonia’s Duo Ruut have performed in over 20 countries, including Glastonbury and Roskilde this...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Tech Duinn

Cushla

Emerging from the creative collaboration between Catalan music-maker Marc Fernández and Irish composer-producer Leo Pearson, Tech Duinn features at its...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Neu Om

Amanda Mur

Amanda Mur’s debut album spins like a richly gothic journey through the netherworld. Ranging from ambience to avant garde, the...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Ar Lagad-Bleiz

Spontus

Breton dance quartet Spontus are renowned for the proficiency of their playing. In their music, violin, bass, acoustic guitar and...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Elan

The Gentle Good

A confessed city boy, Gareth Bonello, aka The Gentle Good, wrote this album during a year-long residency in Wales’ Elan...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Glaschu – Songs to a City

Màiri MacMillan

Native Gaelic speaker Màiri MacMillan transforms three decades of Glasgow life into a stunning musical tribute with her new album...

Reviewed in issue July/2025

Scenes from uniXia

boci

boci describes her second, even more esoteric, album as a psycho-magical concept set in her own world, uniXia: “During a...

Reviewed in issue July/2025