Reviews

Avalanche

Ímar

Ímar, a quintet who met on Glasgow's trad music scene, form an alliance of Scottish, Irish and Manx idioms. Their...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Ordinary Giants: A Life & Times 1918-2018

Robb Johnson

Robb Johnson is a remarkable singer-songwriter who won acclaim with 1997's Gentle Men, an album that used his grandfathers' lives...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Saith VII

Ar Log

In 1976 Ar Log came together to represent Wales at a festival of Celtic music in Brittany. There they met...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Opérette Volume 2

Moussu T e lei Jovents

The subtitle of this delightful album, Chansons Marseillaises 1930-1940, suggests no obvious Jamaican link. Yet Moussu T was initially inspired...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

A Cure for the Curious

Solasta

This super-confident debut set from the masterful trio is unorthodox and fantastic. From the sharply abrupt end to opener ‘The...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Twenty Live!

Jamie Smith's Mabon

As the title suggests, this album is a celebration of, and love-in for, the Welsh five-piece Mabon and the fans...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Up She Flew

Steph Geremia

In the near-decade since her solo debut, 2009's The Open Road, New York-born, Galway-based flautist Steph Geremia has immersed herself...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Akoustikòs

Agricantus

Blending their southern Italian roots with influences and instruments from Arabia, North Africa and the Touareg people of the Sahara,...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Round #1

Boxing Banjo

Boxing Banjo's debut on disc arrives trailing competition glory for the County Mayo quartet, who together have amassed more than...

Reviewed in issue December/2018

Alquimia

Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd

Swedish flamenco guitarist Robert ‘Robi’ Svärd released his engaging debut album Pa'ki Pa'ka in 2016. This album won him not...

Reviewed in issue December/2018