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Review of Stones

Stones

Boreas

Sabam Records

Rating: ★★★

This is not the Norwegian-Scots four-piece featuring Rachel Newton, whose Ahoy Hoy was a 2016 highlight. This Boreas, named after...

Reviewed in issue July/2017

Review of Dance of the Copper Trail

Dance of the Copper Trail

Oka Vanga

Crazy Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

For husband and wife duo Oka Vanga's 2014 debut Pilgrim, they recorded a set of beautifully pure, mainly original instrumental...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of Westward

Westward

Éilís Kennedy

Éilís Kennedy

Rating: ★★★

One half of Irish duo Lumiere, with Pauline Scanlon, Éilís Kennedy hails from Dingle, Co Kerry in the west of...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of Rise Aurora

Rise Aurora

Rosie Hodgson

RoLoHoMusic

Rating: ★★★

This debut album from the Sussex folk singer Rosie Hodgson is the culmination of much time on the English folk...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of Hauptbahnhof

Hauptbahnhof

Sväng

Top of the World

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★★

If you've missed out on the past 14 years of Sväng, this would be a good moment to play catch...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of ERA

ERA

Gary Innes

Gary Innes

Rating: ★★★★

Evidently believing he might not already have enough on his plate with a new album from Mànran only just out,...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of The Producer's Choice

The Producer's Choice

Battlefield Band

Temple Records

Rating: ★★★★

Last year, in the band's 47th year since forming in Glasgow in 1969, Battlefield Band were finally inducted to the...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of First Dance on Second Avenue

First Dance on Second Avenue

She'Koyokh

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

She'Koyokh, the London band who take their name from a Yiddish greeting, are a brilliant live ensemble who effortlessly blend...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of Siren Serenade

Siren Serenade

Emily Mae Winters

EMW Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the debut album from another young artist to emerge from the vibrant and experimental English folk scene. Ben...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

Review of Room With a View

Room With a View

Old Blind Dogs

Old Blind Dogs

Rating: ★★★★

After six years, Old Blind Dogs are back. Founded by fiddler Jonny Hardie in 1990 while busking in the Highlands,...

Reviewed in issue June/2017

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