Reviews
Sväng Plays Tango
Finnish tango is a serious business. For over 100 years now it has spoken of melancholy, heartbreak and gloom. But...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
When All is Still
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers
‘The Molecatcher’, the first track of Rachael McShane's terrific album with her new band, The Cartographers, sets the tenor of...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
France, Gascony: The Bagpipes of the Moorlands
The Gascony moorlands, a region of flat, isolated, humid grassland stretching from Bordeaux down to the start of the Basque...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Ten Thousand Miles
Despite several line-up changes across more than two decades together, Danú, guided by button accordionist co-founder Benny McCarthy, has managed...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Človek ni Zver
War never changes, so they say, and this collection of songs assembled around the theme of war and its victims...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Hjeltamôs
Per Gudmundson & Bengan Janson
A crackling fire under a summer sky, dried flowers on a windowsill, a wistful smile and the coolness of grass...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Songhive: Beelore & Folksong in the British Isles
Folk music often has a special relationship with the native flora and fauna of the land from which it springs....
Reviewed in issue October/2018
On the Lonesome Plain
As the son of world-renowned Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree for this...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Oj Borom, Borom
Maniucha Bikont & Ksawery Wojcinski
This beautifully produced set comes with a fascinating essay from singer Maniucha Bikont about the source of these songs, and...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
