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Review of The Seer

The Seer

Lauren MacColl

Feis Rois Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Brahan Seer, Coinneach Odhar, was a legendary 17th-century Gaelic prophet whose writings are the focus for this moody new...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Albanian Song

At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Albanian Song

Saz'iso

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a journey into the mountains of southern Albania with producer Joe Boyd and engineer Jerry Boys. Boyd and...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Djam OST

Djam OST

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★

Tony Gatlif may be familiar from his films Latcho Drom and Gadjo Dilo, which had notable soundtracks. He's back with...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of YES

YES

Banter

Mrs Casey Music

Rating: ★★★

You can sometimes tell quite a lot about a band by the company they keep and this trio's biography boasts...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of La Fasciculation

La Fasciculation

Les Fils Canouche

Vlad Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Their name translates roughly as the ‘Sons of a French Gypsy poodle.’ They were the official group at the annual...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of The Turn of the Tide

The Turn of the Tide

Peter Fergus McClelland

Hobgoblin Records

Rating: ★★

This is the second solo album from the Sussex-based folk singer with fingers in many pies. He is the co-founder...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music

Topic Records: The Real Sound of Folk Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★

Topic's double album is a broad introduction to the label's catalogue, and it draws its nets fairly wide. Some selections...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of From the Rich Dark Earth

From the Rich Dark Earth

Abraham Brody

Abraham Brody

Rating: ★★★★

Singer and violinist Abraham Brody was born and raised in the US, but for the last five years has been...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Dead Man's Dance

Dead Man's Dance

Alaw

Taith Records

Rating: ★★★

Guitarist Dylan Fowler, accordionist Jamie Smith and violinist Oliver Wilson-Dickson have all worked together on projects such as The Devil's...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of A Day a Month

A Day a Month

Mairearad Green & Mike Vass

Buie Records

Rating: ★★★★

It is hard to believe that A Day a Month is the first collaboration of those ubiquitous stalwarts of the...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

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