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Review of 40 gir 1977-2017

40 gir 1977-2017

Tre Martelli

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

This Piedmont outfit, led by Enzo G Conti, mark their 40th anniversary here, presenting 21 rarities and live recordings, celebrating...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Wild Winds

Wild Winds

Artisan Row

Lola Records

Rating: ★★★

Wild Winds is a rich offering from a London-Irish quartet (Conor Doherty, Elma McElligott, Pete Quinn and Karen Ryan). It...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Soul for a Compass

Soul for a Compass

Amy Henderson

Amy Henderson

Rating: ★★★

A respected performer, tutor and community music project leader in the Highlands, accordionist Henderson is understandably keen to show off...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Javas

Javas

The Sparrows of Paris

Les Moineaux de Paris

Rating: ★★★

London now comes just after Bordeaux in terms of numbers of its urban French population, so it's perhaps no great...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Distant Havens

Distant Havens

The Foxglove Trio

Foxglove Trio

Rating: ★★★★

This inventive British folk trio bring together influences from across Britain and Ireland – five songs here are sung in...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960

Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

This is a tribute to a forgotten pioneer of the post-war rebirth of Breton music: Hermann Wolf, who made some...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Coat-Tails Flying

Coat-Tails Flying

John Kirkpatrick

Fledg''ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of The Drunken Gaugers

The Drunken Gaugers

Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley & Patrick Doocey

Brooklyn Boy 1 Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's a delightfully tipsy quality to the familiar jig that gives this album, from three scions of New York's Irish...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of D'rect from the Shire

D'rect from the Shire

Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra

Djukella Records

Rating: ★★★

D'rect from the Shire was recorded live at the ‘Sofa Sessions’ at King's Cliffe Village Hall. It opens with ‘Canned...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of alterum

alterum

Julie Fowlis

Machair Records

Rating: ★★★★

In her own cool and exquisite way, Julie Fowlis is moving on. She became an international star by singing traditional...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

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