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Review of Shake the Chains

Shake the Chains

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Quercus Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Shake the Chains protest-song project (featured in #125) was conceived by English folk singer Greg Russell after his university...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Nykomlingen

Nykomlingen

Erlend Viken Trio

Heilo Records

Rating: ★★★★

This CD contains so much that is unexpected and surprising. It feels as though the band is on a journey...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Trails and Tribulations

Trails and Tribulations

Martin Simpson

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Trails and Tribulations is consistently both beautiful, and beautifully crafted. It has an ambience of wistful, weary experience, thanks to...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of I Can Be A Clay Snapper (Lahko Sem Glinena Mesojedka)

I Can Be A Clay Snapper (Lahko Sem Glinena Mesojedka)

Širom

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★★

Širom, a young Slovenian multi-instrumentalist trio, exemplify a fine balance between improvisation and craft. This, their second studio outing, sees...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Masaryk: Národní Písně: Moravian and Slovak Folk Songs Reimagined

Masaryk: Národní Písně: Moravian and Slovak Folk Songs Reimagined

Lenka Lichtenberg

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

A devoted exponent of Yiddish song, Lenka Lichtenberg returns with a deeply personal album that reimagines a 75-year-old collection of...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Hills

Hills

Jack Rutter

Jack Rutter

Rating: ★★★★

Still only in his mid 20s, Rutter has a sterling pedigree, having recorded with Seth Lakeman and Jackie Oates alongside...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Tro

Tro

Gwyneth Glyn

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

One of Wales' most talented singer-songwriters, Gwyneth Glyn returns here with her first solo release since her Welsh/Indian collaboration, Ghazalaw,...

Reviewed in issue November/2017

Review of Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh-based and steeped in the Gaelic tradition, Robbie Grieg has enlisted a fine set of friends for his debut album,...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Review of Interesting Times

Interesting Times

Basco

Go Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

‘There is no escaping it. We live in the sort of times that will be referred to by historians as...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Review of Allo, Balthazar?!

Allo, Balthazar?!

Eric Bouvelle & Romane

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

Ah, now this is a delight! The pairing of leading Gypsy jazz guitarist Romane and celebrated accordion player Eric Bouvelle...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

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