Reviews
Hummingbird
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
Muunduja
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
A Problem of Our Kind
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
The Railway
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
Distant Days
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
Waltz for Better Times
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
Tuning into the World: Slovenia
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
Tidens Ekko
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
Under the Rose Tree
Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos
As a disciple of Ross Daly and a player of the lyra (bowed lute) Sokratis Sinopoulos was always going to...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Notes from the Boat
It's an incredible line-up that Mike Vass has gathered for his latest album, with guests including Anna Massie, Duncan Chisholm,...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
