Reviews

The Four Pillars

Mike Vass

This multimedia project first began to take shape when musician, composer, producer and arranger Mike Vass, formerly with Malinky and...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Tairm

Whyte

Gaelic electronica duo Whyte return with the follow-up to their wellreceived debut, Fairich, this time adding cello, double bass, percussion,...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Loom

Propellor

Director and composer Jack McNeill is a clarinet soloist and chamber musician working with a number of classical ensembles, many...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Border Woods

Frode Haltli

The Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli follows 2018's excellent Avant Folk album with this much smaller quartet formation. There are two...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Liag

Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne, John Doyle

Here's something to relish: three musicians at the top of their games – Dermot Byrne (accordion), Éamonn Coyne (tenor banjo),...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

1990

Szászcsávás Band

The village of Szászcsávás in Romania only has 1,000 inhabitants, but its fame far outweighs its size thanks to its...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Head Canon

Thom Ashworth

This is a very strong debut from an accomplished folk voice. Ashworth has toured with Chris Wood, with whom parallels...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

365: Volume 2

Aidan O'Rourke

Reveal Records issued Volume 1 in the spring of 2018, with Lau's fiddler joining forces with jazz pianist Kit Downes...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

To an Isle in the Water

Brisk

Brisk's music sounds thoroughly and authentically Irish, so it comes as a big surprise to discover the quartet are actually...

Reviewed in issue October/2019

Air Iomall

Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach

This is the kind of album that leaves you wanting to hear the whole CD again immediately without having to...

Reviewed in issue October/2019