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Review of Sole Mates

Sole Mates

Fisherman's Friends

Cod and Chips

Rating: ★★★★

Two years or so past their quarter-century anniversary, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends have put together an album of shanties and...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Away From My Window

Away From My Window

Iona Fyfe

Cairnie Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Aberdeenshire, Iona Fyfe is one of Scotland's finest young ballad singers. With Fyfe's art rooted deeply in the...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of A Tribute to Greece

A Tribute to Greece

Michalis Terzis & Vasilis Skoulas

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

This CD brings together two prominent and highly regarded Greek musicians. One – Michalis Terzis – is a composer who...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Hex

Hex

Hò-Rò

Hò-Rò Music

Rating: ★★★

Hex is the second album from the group from the Scottish Highlands & Islands that won the Up and Coming...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Ellipsis

Ellipsis

Fourth Moon

Fourth Moon Records

Rating: ★★★

Winner of the Musician of the Year title at the recent BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and a former BBC...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Solid Ground

Solid Ground

Shane Mulchrone

Raelach Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mayo-born banjo player Shane Mulchrone makes a solid debut with his first long-player, Solid Ground. A veteran of the live...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Wesele!

Wesele!

Tęgie Chłopy

Top of the World

Wodzirej Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tęgie Chłopy are one of Poland's best new traditional groups, reviving the repertoire of the Kielce region in central Poland....

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of ARC

ARC

Michael McGoldrick

Vertical Records

Rating: ★★★★

Although this is only McGoldrick's fifth solo album in 22 years and his first since 2010, the genial Manchester-based flute,...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of ‘Live’ in Foix

‘Live’ in Foix

Tcha Limberger Trio with Mozes Rosenberg

Lejazzetal Records

Rating: ★★★

Tcha Limberger is a super-skilled and versatile violinist, who plays in a number of different genres. Sometimes it's Transylvanian folk,...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of The Crowing

The Crowing

Bird in the Belly

GFM Records

Rating: ★★★★

A striking album of fresh explorations into the more obscure corners and bridleways of English music and folklore, The Crowing...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

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