Reviews
An Introduction to the Watersons/Waterson:Carthy
Now this must have been quite a job, albeit a highly rewarding and enjoyable one: concertina-ing the recordings of The...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Yarrow Acoustic Sessions
Lori Watson grew up in the Scottish Borders, an area where there seems to be a ballad around every bend...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Glory of the West
Here's an 18th-century fashion that needs reviving: the dance fan. Women took fans to dances to send elaborate signals as...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Strì
The singer Maeve Mackinnon's third studio album, Strì (meaning ‘to strive’ or ‘to struggle’) is a beautiful piece of work....
Reviewed in issue May/2018
The Tiree Songbook
Inspired by the Na Bàird Thirisdeach, an early 20th-century collection of songs and poems from the island of Tiree, this...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
The Waters and the Wild
The first two tracks of this third album from the Dorset duo largely sum up the whole set. ‘The Hour...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Personae
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
There is perhaps a word missing – ‘dramatis’ – from the title of the Dartmoor-based duo's fifth album, for they...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
From Baroque to Fado
When one puts it all together in the same sentence, it looks like a recipe for disaster: Portuguese baroque music,...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Between Wind and Water
There's always been a natural joyfulness in the sound the String Sisters make together. Right from their first performance at...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Arañando el Alma
Here is an international and intergenerational demonstration of the living art of flamenco, pairing mature intensity with youthful enthusiasm. A...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
