Reviews

Ancora

Flook

After early success with three albums that positioned them as a force to be reckoned with, Flook went silent in...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Merčedes Kolo

Dobranotch

The Finnish harmonica band Sväng have made a series of photographs on different modes of transport – motorbike sidecar, railway...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Restitute

Eliza Carthy

In 2016, the Wayward Band, the ensemble of gifted musicians Eliza Carthy first assembled in 2013, suffered what she describes...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Enclosure

The Askew Sisters

The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Handful of Earth

Dick Gaughan

When this album was released in November 1981, the year had already seen riots in Brixton, Toxteth and Moss Side,...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Fly

Balaklava Blues

Marichka and Mark Marczyk's Balaklava Blues was realised on the barricades during the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Inspired by the traditional...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Vildaluodda/Wildprint

Vildá

Hildá Länsman, a young vocalist from northern Finland's indigenous Sámi community, fuses traditional joik chant-singing with electronic pop in the...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Glaschu: Home Town Love Song

Mary Ann Kennedy

Gaelic songstress Mary Ann Kennedy returns with 16 tracks inspired by her home town – and a real labour of...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Stone Soup

Cormac Byrne & Adam Summerhayes

This is an audacious piece of work by two accomplished musicians. Adam Summerhayes is a classically trained fiddler with a...

Reviewed in issue July/2019

Vision & Revision: The First 80 Years of Topic Records

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records grew out of the Workers' Music Association and over eight decades has consistently championed music made by working...

Reviewed in issue July/2019