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Review of Chapel

Chapel

Andy Aquarius

Hush Hush Records

Rating: ★★★

If you’re thinking Andy Aquarius can’t be his real name, you’d be right. Andy Ozbolt is a singer and multi-instrumentalist...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Still as Your Sleeping

Still as Your Sleeping

Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan

Top of the World

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★★

There’s a paradox at the heart of this album from Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart and pianist Dave Milligan. It is...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Karaim Music Map

Karaim Music Map

Karolina Cicha & Company

Karolina Cicha

Rating: ★★

This is the first full album of Karaim music, ever, apparently. The Karaim are a diasporic community of contentious origin,...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of The Music of Ancient Rome

The Music of Ancient Rome

Mary Ann Tedstone Glover

Integrity Publishing Ltd

Rating: ★★★

A glance at the cover and a read through the story behind this release, with its tales of research into...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of More Notes from the Field

More Notes from the Field

Jacob & Drinkwater

Polyphonic Life Records

Rating: ★★★

The Devon-based duo have been together – in the gaps between their burgeoning solo careers – since 2014, with an...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle

Ingrid Henderson

Old Laundry Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Opening with the comforting sound of waves lapping on a shore, Ingrid Henderson’s new self-penned album is a beautifully atmospheric...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ergodos

Rating: ★★★★★

Proof that Irish traditional music is the most amenable of genres, In the Echo brings together leading figures in the...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Kaftan d’Alma

Kaftan d’Alma

Maja Milinkovic

Croatia Records

Rating: ★★★

Maybe we can blame a common Mediterranean feeling working its way into a shared culture, but it is quite interesting...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of The St Buryan Sessions

The St Buryan Sessions

Sarah McQuaid

Shovel and a Spade Records

Rating: ★★★

Throughout 2021, Sarah McQuaid has been releasing songs and videos as The St Buryan Sessions, her live lockdown recordings made...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

Review of Piobaireachd/Pipe Music

Piobaireachd/Pipe Music

Fraser Fifield

Tanar Records

Rating: ★★★★

Deeply rooted in the classical sound of the Great Highland bagpipe, the piper and multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield’s latest release is...

Reviewed in issue December/2021

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