Reviews
Dominion
This quartet is the combination of two duos – Nancy Kerr and James Fagan with Richard and Jess Arrowsmith –...
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Elbow Room
Following 2016's North, a set of bracing duos with Belfast-born fiddler Conor Caldwell, Elbow Room is the second solo offering...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
The Key
What's not to love about Blazin' Fiddles? Comprising some of the best fiddlers on the Scottish traditional music scene today...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Virr
Sarah-Jane Summers is a Scottish fiddle and viola player, based in Norway. Many readers will know her as one half...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Belem & the MeKanics
Belem are a duo, consisting of diatonic accordionist Didier Laloy and cellist Kathy Adam. Laloy met Walter Hus, who provides...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
The Wife of Urban Law
This splendid set from fiddler Peter Knight, with guitarist Roger Flack and percussionist Sacha Trochet, oozes confidence from the start,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Selo Na Okuke / Village Tracks
The band name (pronounced Kree-ess) means ‘Bonfire’ in old Croatian dialect, but Kries certainly aren't incinerating the old folk songbooks....
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Queens of Fado: The Next Generation
Not that long ago, no youngster in their right mind would confess to liking fado in Portugal. In the years...
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Balkantron
Many casual listeners today tend to think any music from Eastern Europe is Balkan – which sees even Gogol Bordello...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
A Burdensome Year
Sometimes on this Yorkshireman's second album, Pike's downbeat vocal with guitar and strings can feel over-familiar, as can some lyrics:...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
