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Review of A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty

Christy Moore

Claddagh Records

Rating: ★★★★★

More than half a century after his debut LP, Christy Moore’s first outing on Claddagh Records shows there’s still mileage...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of De Cop i Volta

De Cop i Volta

Brunzit

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Brunzit is the Catalan word for both the buzzing of the bees and a drink that’s made from honey and...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Klezmer, Niguns & Co

Klezmer, Niguns & Co

Duo Peylet-Cuniot

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Clarinettist Nano Peylet and pianist Denis Cuniot formed their duo in 1983 in their native France and have been playing...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain

Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain

VARIOUS ARTISTS

FLEE

Rating: ★★★

FLEE Project are known for their work in presenting traditional musics raw, and then calling on contemporary musicians to recontextualise...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of It All Came Round Again

It All Came Round Again

Fairport Convention

Madfish

Rating: ★★★★

Subtitled ‘On Stage and On Air 1982-90’, this is an extensive and intriguing history of what was a decidedly tricky...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Femmina

Femmina

Gera Bertolone

Sonora Recordings

Rating: ★★

The vocalist and clarinettist Gera Bertolone hails from Sicily, and here puts together an album of original songs which blend...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Epourall

Epourall

Ciac Boum

Le Grand Barbichon

Rating: ★★★★

The new album from western French folk band Ciac Boum is a new direction for them. Bigger, stranger arrangements, tapping...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of A Little Wilderness

A Little Wilderness

Jeri Foreman & Ruth Eliza

Scribe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Foreman is the founder of the Glasgow Old Time Session who has taken her old-time fiddle music around the world,...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of Twines

Twines

Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki

Karrot Kommando

Rating: ★★★

Poland’s avant-folk export combines the knotty, clay-bound roots of Polish music and folkloric traditions with innovation and experimentation, whether that...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

Review of A Milers de Somnis de Distància

A Milers de Somnis de Distància

Santi Careta

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★★

Santi Careta is an intriguing Catalan musician. Contributing to bands like Astrio, Rodrigo Laviña y Su Combo and Alba Careta...

Reviewed in issue January/2025

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