Reviews
The Pearl Album (Live in Celebration)
Alternating songs with jigs, reels, slides, marches, hornpipes and airs, The Pearl Album celebrates 30 years of music making by...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Nouse Luonto – Songs of Nordic Biodiversity
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
In Finland, where nature is often on your doorstep, an estimated one in nine species is endangered. Nouse Luonto is...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Kotiin
Anne-Mari Kivimäki | Anne-Mari Kivimäki & Palomylly
Recorded across Finland, Estonia and Iceland, Kotiin (Homeward) blends Kivimäki’s hypnotic accordion with regional instruments such as the kantele (zither)...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Children of Albion
Artist Ben Edge released his absorbing large-format compendium of British folk customs last year, featuring vivid narrative artworks and first-person...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Tagal
This is Norwegian vocal group Kvedarkvintetten‘s third album, a collaboration between the talented quintet and composer/folk musician Jorun Marie Rypdal...
Reviewed in issue June/2025
Malmin Med Åshild Vetrhus
With rugged fjords, stony cliffsides and fishing villages, Rogaland in Norway is also home to a remarkably raw-sounding tradition of...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Niepraudzivaya
Hajda Banda are one of the best traditional bands to have emerged in Poland in recent years. Led by Belarusian...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Alé: Iberian Chants
Combine jazz, improv, Iberian folk and flamenco and stand back for a restless, roaming set that opens with a Catalan...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
Dreamscapes
After 25 years of travelling the world, fiddle juggernaut Frigg rolls like a well-oiled machine – albeit with a few...
Reviewed in issue May/2025
