Reviews
Westward
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
Rise Aurora
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
Hauptbahnhof
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
ERA
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
The Producer's Choice
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
First Dance on Second Avenue
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
Siren Serenade
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
Room With a View
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
Hard Ground
The Rachel Hamer Band met on the folk degree course at Newcastle University. They play with gusto and confidence and...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
Eponymous
This is the debut album from a Swiss-based, Bosnian-born accordionist, who was signed by Geoff Barrow (of Portishead) to his...
Reviewed in issue June/2017
