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Review of Nefydd

Nefydd

Calan

Calan

Rating: ★★★★

Calan have had a lot of superlatives thrown at them: Cool Cymru, storming juggernaut, Welsh folk supergroup. And ever since...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Everybody Wants to Be Like Mary

Everybody Wants to Be Like Mary

ADAM

Unroofed Records

Rating: ★★★★

Scottish folk music is no stranger to electronica – going back to the original ‘techno piper’, the late Martyn Bennett...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of The Instruction Manual

The Instruction Manual

The Instruction Manual

Miúin

Rating: ★★

I’d not heard a robotic choir before, and won’t hear one again based on The Instruction Manual’s self-titled debut album....

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of FOLKMOSIS

FOLKMOSIS

Beth Malcolm

Beth Malcolm

Rating: ★★★★

Beth Malcolm’s follow-up to her 2023 debut album, Kissed and Cried, presents a delightful musical triptych that takes the listener...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Väder

Väder

Emma & Ellika

Kakafon Records

Rating: ★★★★

My first hearing of Väder was on Swedish Radio, the sound of a fiddle duo stopping me in my tracks...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Birna

Birna

Wardruna

By Norse Music/Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

Four years in the making, Warduna’s new album is a journey into the world of Birna – the she-bear in...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Inventory

Inventory

The Celtic Social Club

Aztec Musique

Rating: ★★★

A decade after forming for a one-off concert at the 2014 Vieilles Charrues Festival, The Celtic Social Club marks a...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of New Music for the Harp of Avalon

New Music for the Harp of Avalon

Fane

Fane

Rating: ★★★

New Music for the Harp of Avalon is the latest release from Brighton-based musician and producer Fane. Where Fane’s previous...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Sacred Harmony

Sacred Harmony

Thanasis Kleopas, Theodore Koumartzis & Jordan Koumartzis

Seikilo Ancient World Music

Rating: ★★★★

Evocative, tender and uplifting, this lovely collaboration between brothers Theodore and Jordan Koumartzis and Thanasis Kleopas harnesses the spirit of...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

Review of Vinde Todas

Vinde Todas

Carmela

Top of the World

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

Carme López Fernández has been studying and working on gender roles in Galicia’s musical tradition. Vinde Todas, her debut album...

Reviewed in issue February/March/2025

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