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Review of Lament in a Deep Style

Lament in a Deep Style

Kitsos Harisiadis

Third Man Records

Rating: ★★★★

Christopher King is a collector of music from Epirus, the rugged northwestern Greek territory. He has compiled four previous CDs,...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of The Seeds Inside (The Grapes Upon The Vine)

The Seeds Inside (The Grapes Upon The Vine)

The Bara Bara Band

Singaround Records

Rating: ★★★★

Drawing on old-time Americana and country as well as soaking up influences of traditional English folk music, this South London...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of Hummingbird

Hummingbird

John Smith

Commoner Records

Rating: ★★★★

John Smith's rich and distinctive honeyed, gravelly vocals and deft fingerpicking guitar have featured prominently in folk projects such as...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of Muunduja

Muunduja

Maarja Nuut & Ruum

Fat Cat

Rating: ★★★★

Many years ago, Songlines used to feature quotations from some of the more preposterous press releases that arrive in the...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of A Problem of Our Kind

A Problem of Our Kind

Gilmore & Roberts

GR! Records

Rating: ★★★

Three-time nominees at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar) are an impressive...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of The Railway

The Railway

Hamish Napier

Strathspey Records

Rating: ★★★★

Napier's follow-up to 2016's The River is a very personal and inviting little gem. It's inspired by his hometown of...

Reviewed in issue November/2018

Review of Distant Days

Distant Days

Steve Tilston

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

In a similar vein to Richard Thompson's Acoustic Classics is Steve Tilston's 19-strong set of revisited songs going as far...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Review of Waltz for Better Times

Waltz for Better Times

Matti Kallio

Matti Kallio

Rating: ★★★

Over the past two decades Matti Kallio has worked on more than 100 records, whether performing, producing or composing. He...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Review of Tuning into the World: Slovenia

Tuning into the World: Slovenia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

SIGIC

Rating: ★★★★

Slovenia is a small nation, with a powerful cultural centre in the capital of Ljubljana, and hence a place where...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

Review of Tidens Ekko

Tidens Ekko

Vingefang

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

Vingefang are a duo comprising Lene Høst and Miriam Ariana, who are both former students of Scandinavian folk music at...

Reviewed in issue October/2018

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