Reviews
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017
Although double-winner Daoirí Farrell is missing from the tracklist (presumably for contractual reasons) it is only a minor quibble with...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Sacred Earth
Sharon Shannon's first new studio album in three years is a curious affair. It seems to promise something for everyone,...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Who Was Essad Bey?
This is a very entertaining and intriguing album. Whole books have been written about Essad Bey. He was born Lev...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Decade: The Best of Lau 2007-2017
How can one possibly put together a compilation of the most exciting, musically adventurous trio in British folk without leaving...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Forduló
Nana Vortex are a young Hungarian band playing original songs, but with strong folk influences. The seven-piece line-up includes two...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Till
Born on the Isle of Lewis, Macmillan has a rich Gaelic pedigree. Till, his second solo album, sees Macmillan in...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Les Années Milan
French accordionist Richard Galliano's work for the Milan label includes lots of Astor Piazzolla numbers, to which he supplies bright,...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Indestructible
The brassy, bouncing opening bars of ‘Moreno Soy’, the first track of Indestructible, will make flamenco fans’ hearts pound to...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Svalan
Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström
Maria Kalaniemi's latest release Svalan (Swallow) shows her throwing caution to the wind, heading into the countryside of her childhood,...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
Chadenn
This remarkable album from the Breton duo of saxophonist Timothée Le Bour and accordion player Youen Bodros – with guest...
Reviewed in issue July/2017
