Reviews

Malmin Med Åshild Vetrhus

Malmin feat 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

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

Libérica & Manel Fortià

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

Piknik

Uusikuu

Uusikuu could just be the house band at the cosy local tavern of your dreams, with warm, relaxed vocals backed...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Dreamscapes

Frigg

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

Riζituals: Inspired by Cretan Vocal Traditions

Xanthoula Dakovanou

This is an intriguing album, reworking the rizitika vocal tradition of Crete for female voices and a backing of Greek...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Teeth of Time

Joshua Burnside

Belfast-based singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside’s latest album ranges from the atmospheric opener ‘Teeth of Time: Mountain’ – its first half a...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Her By Design

Jenn Butterworth

Glasgow-based Butterworth’s highly anticipated solo debut, Her By Design, delivers a timely, stirring and superbly realised release that explores women’s...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Pool

Ross Ainslie

Did someone say ‘funky folk’? Yes? Well, you’ve come to the right place. The sixth studio album from multi-instrumentalist Ross...

Reviewed in issue May/2025

Aden

Gwilym Bowen Rhys

Gwilym Bowen Rhys, a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Bethel, north Wales, is hailed as a rising star in Welsh folk...

Reviewed in issue May/2025