Reviews
Varka
Dafné Kritharas | DafnÉ Kritharas
It needs to be said at the outset that Dafné Kritharas has a fantastic voice, it has a clear, pure...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
Whistle Walks
Liverpool-born to Irish parents, whistle player Terry Clarke-Coyne spent the pandemic recording more than 150 virtual duets for YouTube with...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
Aistear
Evidence that Aisling Lyons is the finest young Irish harpist at work today comes in the eight-time All-Ireland champion’s debut...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
Picker’s Dream
Liverpool based fingerstyle guitarist James Rigby’s playing is undoubtedly precise and technically spot on, as he demonstrates throughout 16 sunny,...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
Janus
Hardanger fiddle player Annbjørg Lien has long been putting her instrument on the international map. She first recorded aged 12...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
When Summer Comes Again
This is Simon Mayor and Hilary James’s lockdown album; with no concerts to play they turned to favourite songs and...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
Water Street
Devon-born, Edinburgh-based multi-instrumentalist Tom Oakes created this entirely solo recording in adversity after his prized Grinter flute shattered onstage on...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
An Irish Viola/Vióla Gaelach
Séamus McGuire with Steve Cooney
Novelty in a musical tradition as ancient as Ireland’s is not easily come by. But this unexpected pairing of viola...
Reviewed in issue April/2022
