Reviews
Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost
For Jon Wilks’ fourth album he has broadened the sonic palette of 2021's spare Up the Cut, adding Jackie Oates’...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Itkuja Suite: Invocations on Lament
The itku lamentations of eastern Finland were originally performed at funerals and weddings, usually by women. This cathartic tradition developed...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
One Day
It's titled One Day because it took just that for the remarkable fiddle player Jenna Reid to record this exquisite...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Carry Them With Us
Chaimbeul's richly experimental new album sits perfectly in Glitterbeat's almost always excellent catalogue of outlier artists from world music traditions;...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Peggy's Dream
Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble
Lovers of The Gloaming will be expecting the best from Clare fiddler extraordinaire Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble,...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Wicked Light
Members of this young folk ensemble began their various musical careers playing spontaneously on the streets of France, Switzerland and...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Nowhere and Everywhere
Paul Smith, of Maxïmo Park, met Rachel Unthank, of The Unthanks, when both played an Africa Express concert. Collaboration between...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Amicum
Timo Alakolita & Johanna Juhola Duo
It's sixteen years since this duo's last album. At that point Alakotila was one of the key figures on the...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
Veseli Romi
Mile Petrović is now something of an elder statesman, still helming the Veseli Romi, most recently as a somewhat jazzy...
Reviewed in issue June/2023
