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Review of Heard a Long Gone Song

Heard a Long Gone Song

Lisa O'Neill

Top of the World

River Lea

Rating: ★★★★★

Lisa O'Neill won plaudits in the folk world for her 2016 debut Pothole in the Sky. This led to her...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Tautumeitas

Tautumeitas

Tautumeitas

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★★

Tautumeitas are a Latvian women's vocal sextet, with half the members with very capable sidelines in violin and accordion. They...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Hover

Hover

Bryony Griffith

Selwyn Music

Rating: ★★★★

This second album from esteemed fiddle player Bryony Griffith brings together an outstanding collection of both known and less-common English...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Take a Knife and Open My Heart

Take a Knife and Open My Heart

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sound Miracle Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

We've not returned to the golden age of vinyl, but we have entered the age of the collectible object of...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Hide and Hair

Hide and Hair

The Trials of Cato

The Trials of Cato

Rating: ★★★★

Originally from North Wales and Yorkshire, The Trials of Cato are a trio who got together while they were living...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Mountscribe

Mountscribe

Rowan Piggott

Scribe Records

Rating: ★★★

Piggott was the musical engine behind a number of folk releases over the past year or so – from Sussex...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Mercury

Mercury

Siobhan Miller

Songprint Records

Rating: ★★★

Mercury marks Miller's third solo album, but it is her first of entirely original material. And a talented songwriter it...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Review of O Ptácích a Rybách

O Ptácích a Rybách

BraAgas

Indies Scope

Rating: ★★★

BraAgas are a Czech female quartet (plus bassist Jan Hrbek) who featured on the bonus CD of Czech music with...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Fathoms

Fathoms

The Furrow Collective

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Each of them is an acclaimed solo artist in their own right, but together, The Furrow Collective continue to be...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Europeana

Europeana

Jaune Toujours

Choux de Bruxelles

Rating: ★★★

Jaune Toujours are the rambunctious and eclectic Belgian sextet led by singer and accordionist Piet Maris. This is their first...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2019

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