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Review of Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley

Rating: ★★★★

A limited-edition release contained within very becoming concertina-shaped packaging, Cormac Begley's self-produced eponymous solo debut serves as both a masterclass...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Arta: Violin and Laouto Instrumentals

Arta: Violin and Laouto Instrumentals

Yiorgos Floudas & Vassilis Triantis

JSP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Greek music of Epirus has long been identified with the Ioánnina district, ignoring the traditional styles of the Árta/Préveza...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Calle Gitana

Calle Gitana

Lucas Romero

Milan Records

Rating: ★★★

Lucas Romero is a member of Gitano Family, a Spanish band based in Arles, Provence, whose 2005 Spring Hill release...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer

Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer

Andrea Pancur

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

For the past few years Andrea Pancur has been fusing her expertise in klezmer with her Bavarian roots and in...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Fair Winds & Following Seas

Fair Winds & Following Seas

Threaded

Threaded Music

Rating: ★★★

This conservatoire-trained trio – guitarist Jamie Rutherford, violinist Ning-ning Li and clarinettist Rosie Bott – have produced a delicate and...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Les Objets Trouvés

Les Objets Trouvés

Kate & Raphaël

Kate & Raphaël

Rating: ★★★★

Scottish singer and fiddler Kate Young is an increasingly familiar figure. She was part of the award-winning Songs of Separation...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Brewed

Brewed

Väsen

NorthSide Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Their very name is mysterious: Väsen is a Swedish word meaning the essence or soul of something, while also possessing...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Alcance

Alcance

Nikos Tsiachris

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

As flamenco continues to expand its appeal across the globe, one familiar disappointment is to hear foreign guitarists who have...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of The Songs of Edward Capern the Postman Poet

The Songs of Edward Capern the Postman Poet

Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

English Fiddle

Rating: ★★★

Edward Capern only had four months of schooling. He lived much of his life in the north Devon town of...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of A Place in Time

A Place in Time

Vair

Vair Records

Rating: ★★★★

Comprising Ryan Couper (guitar, mandolin), Erik Peterson (percussion, vocals), Lewie Peterson (banjo, mandolin) and Jonny Polson (guitar, vocals), the Shetland-based...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

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