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Review of Good Times of Old England

Good Times of Old England

Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

Rating: ★★★★

Span are still a touring and recording band, like their 70s folk-rock compatriots Fairport, and a good portion of their...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Poems from Szék

Poems from Szék

Anna Sőregi

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

The Transylvanian village of Szék occupies an important place in the Hungarian folk tradition. It’s situated in Romania, but the...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Beach Daze

Beach Daze

Island Girls

Island Girls

Rating: ★★★★

The Island Girls are accordionist Karen Tweed and piano and fiddle player Margaret Robertson, MBE. The Islands are Orkney, where...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Northern Landscape

Northern Landscape

The Blackwater Céilí Band

Blackwater Céilí Band

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from County Tyrone’s Clogher Valley and formed in 2015, The Blackwater Céilí Band have been carving out a name...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Coiscéim Coiligh: As the Days Brighten

Coiscéim Coiligh: As the Days Brighten

Téada

Gael Linn

Rating: ★★★★

Coming of age this year, Téada celebrate in fine style with their sixth outing on disc, titled with post-pandemic optimism,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Expedition to the Lost World, Part II: Spring

Expedition to the Lost World, Part II: Spring

Jarek Adamów & Sami Swoi

Folken Music

Rating: ★★★

Jarek Adamów is a Polish muti-instrumentalist – accordion, clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and many other things – with a strong interest in the raw...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Up and Away

Up and Away

∑tella

Sub Pop

Rating: ★★★

While unapologetically poppy at heart, there’s a redeeming musical depth and (there’s no other word for it but) ‘soul’ to...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of The Canny Band

The Canny Band

The Canny Band

Top of the World

The Canny Band

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album from Sam Mabbett, Michael Biggins and Callum Convoy is an exciting and fresh piece of trad fusion....

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of Hatching Hares

Hatching Hares

Anna Tam

Tam Records

Rating: ★★★

A one-time member of early music-cum-folk ensembles Wilde Roses and the Mediaeval Baebes, Tam is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist with a...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of Calling

Calling

Jemima Thewes

Last Night From Glasgow

Rating: ★★★★

It is heartening when a thing of beauty emerges following an existential threat: this album is a case in point....

Reviewed in issue July/2022

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