Reviews
The Tin Fiddle
Your ears could be forgiven for presuming there was at least one percussionist, guitarist or mandolin player on this album....
Reviewed in issue August/2017
The Seventh Wave
If you were lucky enough to witness Skipinnish at Celtic Connections in 2016, at a Glasgow Royal Concert Hall packed...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Amerika
Music professor and folk guitar virtuoso Dimitris Mystakidis has been performing, teaching and writing books about rebetika for over two...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Before I Crack
It is often said that expectant parents begin a sudden flurry of activity prior to the arrival of the newborn...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Sleight of Elbow
Like Bellowhead, to whom they’re sometimes compared, Feast of Fiddles are a fearless big band, featuring a line-up of six...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Ushers Island
Ushers Island made their stage debut two years ago. They comprise two generations of Ireland's finest players: members of 1970s...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
While Rome Burns
In last year's referendum, Scotland voted to remain in the European Union, and the title of Scottish-based trio Bellevue Rendezvous’...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Tívils Døtur
This storybook of songs and legends from the Faroe Islands is suffused with both melancholy and mischief. It's the debut...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Arv og Slarv
Norway's Tone Prize is a prestigious award for young singers. It was won two years ago by the 18-year-old Mari...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
