Reviews

RELAY Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This is the second volume of an ongoing series of download albums launched during the COVID-19 lockdown by The Little...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Songs of the Summer Realm

Jessica Victoria

In 1960, Lerner and Loewe brought Camelot to the Broadway stage. In 1975, Rick Wakeman gave King Arthur the prog-rock...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Hold Fast

Stick in the Wheel

‘This record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Stormweere

Spilar

Formed around the voices of sister and brother Eva and Maarten Decombel with the mandolin and synths of Trio Dhoore’s...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar

Custódio Castelo

Famous Fados is the latest instalment in a series of discs showcasing Custódio Castelo’s talent as a solo artist (his...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

The Spectrum Project

Marie Fielding

Award-winning fiddler Marie Fielding’s fourth album is a curious, but engaging, experiment. Exploring the organic nature of the creative process...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Live at the Old Fruitmarket

RURA

Live at the Old Fruitmarket marks an incredible ten years for the band, a decade that has seen many changes...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Mãe

Liana

Mãe (Mother) is Liana’s take on motherhood in our present age of anxiety. It’s her fourth solo album (she has...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Last Pagan Rites/From the Yotvingian Stone

Bronius Kutavičius

Born in 1932, Bronius Kutavičius is one of the most prominent figures in Lithuanian musical culture. Concerned with the deep...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve

Estonia has a number of contemporary composers who have made an art out of sacred choral music and written for...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020