Reviews

Incendo

Blazin’ Fiddles

Feisty fiddles and thrilling tunes have long been at the heart of Scotland’s mighty Blazin’ Fiddles – and their new...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Songbooks Live

WÖR x Kongero

The excellent quintet WÖR utilises violin, bagpipes, accordion, guitar and saxophones to reimagine 18th-century tunes from the Flanders region of...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Canes of Karabakh

Canes of Karabakh

The best reeds for the duduk, an Armenian woodwind instrument and a symbol of Armenian culture, are made from cane...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Music From Somewhere Else: The Enclosure

Stuart Ironside

Currently based in Estonia, British guitarist and ethnomusicologist Stuart Ironside is a graduate of SOAS who blends his classical technique...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Ragna

Ragna

The Danish revival powers on with the new trio Ragna, fronted by Stine Elbæk on vocals/violin, Carina Juul Birch on...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Dlúth & Inneach (Warp & Weft)

The Weaving

I first saw The Weaving play a captivating set at the Hammersmith Irish Centre in May 2024; the Anglo-Irish trio’s...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Svaleheim

Fliid/McKenzie

This debut album by singer Adine Fliid and cellist Adam McKenzie presents a sublime listening experience. Fliid is of Norwegian/Danish...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Goaskinviellja – Eagle Brother

Mari Boine

Over 30 years on from its 1993 release, the eagle soars again in this welcome reissue. Boine had already captivated...

Reviewed in issue April/2026

Spíra

Ólöf Arnalds

Ólöf Arnalds was part of the wave of Icelandic talent that swept into the broader musical consciousness in the early...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026

Roots

Kasia Kadłubowska

Kasia Kadłubowska, a Polish percussionist based in Berlin, is on a journey to retrace her roots on the Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian borderlands....

Reviewed in issue February/March/2026