Reviews
Time to Fly
The debut duo album from RURA's flautist David Foley and fiddler Jack Smedley is a beautiful, evocative and well-cra.ed release....
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Mai
The Aberystwyth singer-songwriter released her debut, Week of Pines, back in 2013, and it won her the Welsh Music Prize...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Bayview
A generous list of guest players adorns this debut from new trio Project SMOK. They call themselves neo-trad, which means...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
The Maniacs
Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Origen
Origen marks a change in style for the Spanish duo Fuel Fandango. Nita (Cristina Manjón) is a singer from Córdoba...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Uña y Carne
It's been 12 years since Juan Gómez ‘Chicuelo’ released his last solo album, Diapasión. In the interim he's worked as...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Viva Santa Liberata
For this album the Palermo-born, and politically concerned folk singer, guitarist and tambourine player Politi dives into the archives. The...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Waterbound
The Norwich-based folk trio of Christina Alden, Alex Patterson and Noel Dashwood have been determinedly ‘homespun’ on their previous two...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
Ormenion
I loved this disc. It brings to the fore the lively musical traditions that straddle the border of northern Greece,...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
An Sionnach Dubh
Dàibhidh Stiùbhard's remarkably assured debut, An Sionnach Dubh (The Black Fox), showcases one of the most individual of voices to...
Reviewed in issue June/2020
