Reviews

Into the Loam

Cormac Begley & Liam O’Connor

From the first opening notes of ‘Ryan’s Rant’, it’s clear this is an unusual take on Irish trad. Into the...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids

Jordan Wax

Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids brims with playful magic, and there’s no reason to withhold this from...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

These Frightening Machines

Katherine Priddy

‘Soften my gaze for a second’, Katherine Priddy sings in ‘A Matter of Time’, ‘a decade swings by’. Too true....

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Tournivelle

La Cuivraille

Tournivelle, the second release by La Cuivraille since the band’s founding by violinist Gabriel Lenoir in 2014, showcases a refinement...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Heol Las

Huw Marc Bennett

Welsh instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s new album, Heol Las, cuts a refreshingly fine dash. Taking traditional melodies from South Wales...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Hedera

Hedera

Tunes from cultural traditions as diverse as Georgia, Northumberland, Bulgaria, Bali and Ireland are set alongside original compositions by this...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Ligurian Pastoral Vol.II

Davide Cedolin

There is a timeless quality about Liguria-based instrumentalist Davide Cedolin’s second project focused on his home. Stitching field recordings and...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

It’s Not Going to be Okay

Joshua Burnside

A follow-up to last year’s enticingly experimental Teeth of Time, Joshua Burnside’s latest release is a softer, more sentimental offering...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Incendo

Blazin’ Fiddles

Feisty fiddles and thrilling tunes have long been at the heart of Scotland’s mighty Blazin’ Fiddles – and their new...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Songbooks Live

WÖR x Kongero

The excellent quintet WÖR utilises violin, bagpipes, accordion, guitar and saxophones to reimagine 18th-century tunes from the Flanders region of...

Reviewed in issue April/2026