Reviews
TÌR: Highland Life & Lore
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie
TÌR: Highland Life & Lore is the debut album from the mighty singer-songwriter duo of Brian Ó hEadhra and Fiona...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Rock Island Grange
Firmly rooted in the traditional old-time vein, this ninth recording by the Portland, Oregon-based Foghorn Stringband features sparkling acoustic instrumentals...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Greater Jamaica
Producer Duke Reid's compilation advertises ‘Reggay at its best’ – that's reggae circa 1969, as connoisseurs will note from the...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Frenzy of the Meeting
The sixth album from popular Scottish quintet Breabach follows two years of international touring during which they won Best Folk...
Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Jazz, Jazz, Jazz
Jazz? Well, not really. Funk and soul definitely, and more besides. This record by Sudanese band, the Scorpions with singer...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Teiliwr: Tailor
An Aberystwyth-based trio brought together in 2014 by, so they say, a common interest in ‘old songs of madness, love,...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Aguas
Pitched somewhere between ambient, jazz and Latin lounge, this collaborative album works quietly and slowly, pianist Omar Sosa building spacious...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Tribalistas II
One uses the term ‘supergroup’ with caution, but Tribalistas unite three giants of MPB, (Música Popular Brasileira). The golden-voiced Marisa...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
When Jeremy Dutcher received the Polaris Prize (the Canadian equivalent of the Mercury Prize) for this album in September, he...
Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
Hillevi
Concept albums are a rare thing in folk music but Hillevi is a fine example; it is the result of...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Jan/Feb/2019
