Reviews

Evergreen

Auka

Sheffield three-piece Auka make an agreeable debut on disc with Evergreen, a self-penned collection of Celtic folk-influenced pieces for flute...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Sleeping Spirals

Hannah James and Toby Kuhn

“I didn’t think I did need a cellist,” Hannah James says in a video describing the genesis of her new...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Lua Adversa

Cristina Clara

It is telling that Cristina Clara was a regular at Tejo Bar, a tiny spot in Lisbon’s historical quarter of...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Mackerel Sky

John Dew

Crieff-based composer John Dew’s debut sees the talented piper deliver a series of mostly self-penned tunes in a fiery and...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Ùrar

Mànran

Hard to believe the band that is the mighty Mànran is 11 years old, and with Ùrar, their fourth studio...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Zvony

Adrian Myhr & Michaela Antalová

This is a duo recording of Slovak and Norwegian flutes with double bass. The flutes, played by Michaela Antalová, are...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Live at the Floodgate

Dan Walsh

Pulling off a live album can be tricky; the sound can be inferior to a studio record and it is...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Spell Songs II: Let the Light In

Spell Songs Ensemble

You might just catch the diminutive cheep of the wren at the end of ‘St Kilda Wren’ – blink and...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Live at Cooper Hall

Cara Dillon

The Derry singer is a reliably captivating live draw considering that voice, those songs, the subtle acoustic accompaniment of husband...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Kin

Damien McGeehan

Four years after the startling experiment in looping and overdubbing of his solo debut, The Tin Fiddle, Donegal fiddler Damien...

Reviewed in issue December/2021