Reviews

Field and Dyke

Danny Pedler & Greg Russell

I grew up in Herefordshire, a place that, like South Holland in Lincolnshire, missed the post-war migrants who came to...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Cuatro

Las Migas

Flamenco dance has been undergoing a quasi-feminist revival for some time, as virtuosos like Sara Baras, María Pagés and Rafaela...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Gákti

Vassvik

Sámi joik singing can be atmospheric and otherworldly, but Norway's Torgeir Vassvik pushes it to an eerie extreme. He chants...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Bullinn

Mattis Kleppen & Resjemheia

Bullinn is the third album from the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler (and prize-winning fiddle maker) Ottar Kåsa, jazz musician Mattis Kleppen...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Neskrotený

Hrdza

Hrdza (Rust) is a Slovakia-based band inspired by the East European folk traditions, consisting of Slavomír Gibarti (vocals, guitars), Susanna...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Inversions

Belinda O'Hooley

While O'Hooley & Tidow's sprightly ‘Gentleman Jack’ has become the theme tune for Sally Wainwright's acclaimed new drama series of...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Salika, Molika

Erlend Apneseth Trio & Frode Haltli

At first, Erlend Apneseth enjoyed the solitude of solo recording, then the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler formed a trio of great...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Airs and Graces

June Tabor

Continuing the Topic Treasures series of reissues to celebrate the label's 80th birthday, June Tabor's 1976 solo debut comes with...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

Sparks

Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy

The fifth album from the Highland harpist with a name that confuses Google (think Jennifer Aniston and a popular TV...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019

On Clay Hill

Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote

This is a family album. On the face of it, it's a stripped-back, purist collection of traditional English folk songs,...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2019