Reviews

Round & Round

Ciaran O'Kane

County Antrim-based Ciaran O'Kane's debut album is a fine and muscular release. Opening with the traditional track ‘The Banks of...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

K

Kalàscima

A hot live band, Kalàscima are at the forefront of the wave of Italian musicians writing new material that combines...

Reviewed in issue April/2019

Midnight and Closedown

Lau

After a wait of nearly four years the British folk scene's bravest experimenters are back with their fifth studio album,...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Testvériség (Brotherhood)

Cimbalom Brothers

Slightly confusingly, the two Hungarian cimbalom players in this quartet are not brothers – I suspect one cimbalom player is...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Last Night's Joy

Gerry O'Connor

Renowned for his lightness of touch and sweetness of sound, Co Louth fiddler Gerry O'Connor has been a major presence...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Turn to Fray

Hickory Signals

This debut from the Brighton duo of Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti is the latest release from the prolific Sussex...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Sunbox

Hot Griselda

Sunbox, album number three from Netherlands-based trad-rockers Hot Griselda, marks the fired-up foursome's tenth anniversary with all the adrenalised attack...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Polyglot Pike

Trio Mio

Now on their fifth album, Trio Mio have an impressive collection of awards from their previous releases. Swede Jens Ulvsand,...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Van Diemen's Land

Sam Lee & Notes Inégales

There will be a new solo album from Sam Lee in the spring. Meanwhile he and Notes Inégales, a cutting-edge...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Mazovian Roots Re:action

Warsaw Village Band

Warsaw Village Band, now well entrenched as Poland's best-known folk music export, have a history of experimentation and collaboration. Sometimes...

Reviewed in issue March/2019