Reviews

Estren

TEYR

TEYR enjoyed acclaim for their album Far From the Tree in 2016. Then James Patrick Gavin (fiddle and guitar), Dominic...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Ghetto Songs

Frank London

In 2016 Frank London (The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave etc) was invited to be artist-in-residence for the celebration of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

The Light of the Moon

Gnoss

Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Hunger of the Skin

Brian Finnegan

Hunger of the Skin finds Flook flautist Brian Finnegan putting COVID-19 lockdown purdah to scintillating use with a firing-on-all-cylinders set....

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Motyle

Tara Fuki

The duo Tara Fuki have been going for 20 years and, having seen them in action, that's something worth celebrating....

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Newcomer

Gráinne Brady

As a young Gráinne Brady was learning the fiddle from her dad in County Cavan, she was also enraptured by...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Nieguid Duovdagat

Ánnámáret

Northern Sámi musician Ánnámáret (aka Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman) takes a dramatic leap forward with this powerful release, after two albums featuring...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Anástasis: A Journey Through Old Greek Music

Katerina Papadopoulou & Anastatica

This album is something to be treasured, rarely do we get the chance to hear such a wide range of...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Geodesia

Luís Peixoto

Luís Peixoto belongs to a certain category of musicians that keep going back and forth, into and out of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Sol Aurorae

Vassilis Philippou

Here Cypriot vocalist and percussionist Vassilis Philippou has put together an excellent first album, embedded firmly in the traditions of...

Reviewed in issue May/2021