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Review of Owl Light

Owl Light

Owl Light Trio

Owllighttrio.com

Rating: ★★★

This is the debut album from an Oxfordshire folk trio that has emerged from the folk group Telling the Bees,...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Shivelight

Shivelight

Mishaped Pearls

Misshapen Records

Rating: ★★★

‘Shivelight’ is the light that dances and dapples through a canopy of trees; something that captures the essence of the...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of The Rough Bounds

The Rough Bounds

Dàimh

Top of the World

Goat Island Music

Rating: ★★★★

Named after an area of West Lochaber where the band formed 20 years ago, The Rough Bounds is another strong...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Anchor

Anchor

Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy with The Gift Band

Top of the World

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Norma Waterson and her daughter Eliza Carthy have sung together ever since Eliza first grasped language. Perhaps that is one...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Tatavla

Tatavla

Trio Tatavla

Lejazzetal

Rating: ★★★★

Tatavla was a neighbourhood in Istanbul where the Greek-speaking community once performed a great deal of music, especially that of...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of När Isen Går

När Isen Går

Duo Systrami

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

Duo Systrami have built up a reputation as charismatic performers, playing on the intuitive chemistry they have, being twin sisters....

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Ilmamõtsan

Ilmamõtsan

Mari Kalkun

Mari Kalkun

Rating: ★★★★

Mari Kalkun released her debut album ten years ago. Since then she has performed in many parts of the world...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

Review of Music in the Glen

Music in the Glen

Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb, Deirdre Galway

Musicitg

Rating: ★★★★

Music in the Glen is a promising debut by three stalwarts of Northern Ireland's live scene: Brendan Mulholland (flute and...

Reviewed in issue July/2018

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

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