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Review of Stick in the Wheel Present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings

Stick in the Wheel Present From Here: English Folk Field Recordings

VARIOUS ARTISTS

From Here Records

Rating: ★★★

‘Field Recordings’ carries with it the exciting suggestion that Stick in the Wheel have sought out unheard music performed by...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2017

Review of The Youth That Belonged to Miltown

The Youth That Belonged to Miltown

Marian Curtin & Therese McInerney

Marian Curtin & Therese McInerney

Rating: ★★★★

Nestled on the rugged Atlantic coastline of County Clare, Miltown Malbay has produced poets, politicians (an Irish president among them)...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2022

Review of Vincular

Vincular

Ron Jappy

Ron Jappy

Rating: ★★★

Over the last decade, Scottish fiddle, piano and guitar player Ron has become something of a go-to accompanist and arranger,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2021

Review of Wachaga

Wachaga

Kutiman

Siyal Music

Rating: ★★★

Kutiman has a perceptive vision that transforms the everyday into something remarkable. His ThruYou video series cleverly interspersed lo-fi bedroom...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Summer Isles

Summer Isles

Mairearad Green

Buie Records

Rating: ★★★

Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016

Review of Long Violent History

Long Violent History

Tyler Childers

Hickman Holler Records

Rating: ★★★★

In September, with no pre-release fanfare, vaunted country/bluegrass singer-songwriter Tyler Childers released his fourth album, Long Violent History, accompanied by...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2021

Review of Öte

Öte

Ali Fuat Aydin & Cenk Güray

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Turkish musicologists Ali Fuat Aydin and Cenk Güray continue their successful collaboration with this tribute to Ottoman composer Tanburi Cemil...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2018

Review of Brothers

Brothers

Adam Baldych & Helge Lien Trio

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★

Upon first listen, Brothers appears to be just another adventure in the frosty, folky sound-world of northern European jazz. The...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2017

Review of Wandering Tales

Wandering Tales

Rönsy

Aania Records

Rating: ★★★★

If you want to have an enormous amount of fun, if you want to weep at the sheer beauty of...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Far Flung Corners

Far Flung Corners

Far Flung Collective

Far Flung Corners

Rating: ★★★★

A mix of Dorset and West Highland influences characterise Far Flung Corners and a beautiful and engaging collaboration it is...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2017

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