Reviews

Cormorant

Nat Brookes

Accordionist Nat Brookes lives on a narrowboat, so has watched many a cormorant and noticed that there's no knowing, when...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

PH(R)ASE

Archie Churchill-Moss

Archie Churchill-Moss started playing the diatonic button accordion when he was nine, two decades ago. He is a virtuoso, in...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Morso

Dimitris Mystakidis

Guitarist and singer Dimitris Mystakidis is well-versed in the traditions of both Greek folk music and, especially, rebetika. And he...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Hert

Catriona Price

Glasgow-based violinist, composer, vocalist and founding member of FARA, Catriona Price's new release is a suite for string quartet, vocal...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Carvings

Juni Habel

Norwegian guitarist and singer Juni Habel caused a quiet stir with her debut, with some quarters likening her to Nick...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

The Water is the Shovel of the Shore

Shovel Dance Collective

Shovel Dance Collective's epic album dredges down through bodies of water. It shifts through the capital, raw materials and hard...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Zwerver

Toasaves

An absolutely fascinating project from Belgium, Toasaves brings together musicians of diverse backgrounds to combine their individual expertise with leader...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Chłopi: Wesele Boryny

Kożuch & Napięcie

This is an extraordinary album recreating the sound of a wedding in central Poland in the late 19th century. The...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

The Wedding Above in Glencree

Daoirí Farrell

Since deciding to become a musician after seeing Christy Moore perform on Irish TV and then cutting his teeth as...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Legado de Carlos Paredes ao Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Alvorada

If you are familiar with Portuguese guitar, you should have by now come across the names of Artur and Carlos...

Reviewed in issue April/2023