Reviews
The Next Chapter
If 2016's River Waiting saw Northern Irish quintet Connla anointed as the ‘next big thing,’ their aptly titled follow-up sees...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Songs from the Seasons
York-based Burnell has spent a year or so collecting and rearranging traditional tunes, releasing a song a week with the...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
An Introduction to Anne Briggs
An elusive but tremendously significant figure from the thrilling UK folk scene of the 1960s and 70s, Briggs has barely...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Po Drum Mome/A Girl on the Road
London-based Bulgarian singer Eugenia Georgieva presents an exploration of Bulgarian song with this album, having already established herself as a...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
A Parulluccia
Alba emerged from the rebirth of Corsican music at the end of the 20th century, honouring the distinctive polyphony of...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Two Score
Now entering their fifth decade, albeit with a lengthy 1990s hiatus included, and having undergone numerous line-up changes, the current...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Luz
This latest album from Portuguese singer and new-wave fadista Cuca Roseta is a bright and upbeat affair. It's well recorded,...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Punch
On this eighth studio album from the long-running Scottish group, half of The Poozies are new to the party, and...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Awake
There are some beautiful songs opening the second album by this folk duo, building on the impact of their debut...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
