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Review of Eremìa

Eremìa

Ettore Castagna

Alfa Music

Rating: ★★★★

At the very tip of Italy, Calabria has been the gateway to Greek civilization, a heritage Ettore Castagna, founding member...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of Rosewood

Rosewood

Ben Robertson

Ben Robertson

Rating: ★★★★

For lovers of the finger-picking guitar greats of the 1960s, Rosewood is a treat. Ben Robertson acknowledges their influence but...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of New Moon

New Moon

Hò-Rò | Hò-rò

Hò-Rò Music

Rating: ★★★

The second album from Highland septet Hò-rò continues on the path of combining their native traditions with an outward-looking approach...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of You Are Free

You Are Free

Graeme Armstrong

Graeme Armstrong Records

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps best known as one third of the mighty Talisk, Graeme Armstrong’s debut solo album presents the singer-songwriter as a...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of The Unquiet

The Unquiet

Pauline Scanlon

Pauline Scanlon

Rating: ★★★★

This new solo album from vocalist Pauline Scanlon offers striking, singularly personal interpretations of ten traditional songs that range from...

Reviewed in issue July/2022

Review of Riitti

Riitti

Hurja Halla

Hurja Halla

Rating: ★★★★

This debut album from Finnish duo, Liisa Haapanen (cello, voice, percussion) and Janne Ojajärvi (harmonica, jaw harp, flute, voice and...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Review of Manuša

Manuša

Júlia Kozáková

Júlia Kozáková

Rating: ★★★

Júlia Kozáková is a young Slovakian singer who is, at present, studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Review of Hárr

Hárr

Benedicte Maurseth

Top of the World

Hubro Music

Rating: ★★★★★

In previous recordings, international performances, and her 2019 book To Be Nothing, Benedicte Maurseth has showcased the celestial beauty of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Review of Ona

Ona

Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr

Tomáš Kočko

Rating: ★★★★

The title Ona means ‘She’ in Czech and it presents women’s songs from Tomáš Kočko’s homeland Moravia, the eastern region...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Review of Róisín ReImagined

Róisín ReImagined

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Irish Chamber Orchestra

Ceol Music

Rating: ★★★★

Breathing new life into old, Róisín ReImagined takes the ancient tradition of sean nós singing, filters it through new arrangements...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

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