Reviews

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Tannara

Fresh-faced Scottish contemporary folk band Tannara's debut is a sprightly and infectious release, comprising a nice mix of traditional tracks...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Back to Følk (Music from Følklānd)

Kerekes Band

Like the ancient Hungarians who migrated from the Urals to the banks of the Danube, Kerekes Band have been on...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Painted Lady

Jon Boden

After a decade playing traditional music with melodeon maestro John Spiers, and many years fronting folk big band Bellowhead, Jon...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Moda Velha

Chico Gouveia

During the 20th century Portugal was under the gloomy spell of one of the world's longest dictatorships – highly conservative...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Nyn

Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis

Stassinopoulou has aptly described herself as a ‘Balkan ethno-trance artist’ and a practitioner of techno-folk psychedelia. I’ve been listening to...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

The Fox

Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

Best known as the guitarist and fiddler from Balkan mayhem merchants Sheelanagig, this intimate acoustic duo setting allows Kit Hawes...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Sweet Liberties

VARIOUS ARTISTS

This admirable project, commissioned by the Folk by the Oak festival and EFDSS to celebrate 800 years of the pursuit...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Joint Control

John Renbourn & Wizz Jones

Long celebrated as one of the UK's foremost acoustic guitarists, John Renbourn's work, whether solo or with supergroup Pentangle, always...

Reviewed in issue November/2016

Warp & Weft

Cosgrave & Banks

This album is a debut from a duo of multi-instrumentalists Mike Cosgrave and Steve Banks. Built on fiddle (Banks) and...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Before We Change Our Mind

Beoga

Take a handful of insanely talented Irish musicians, two accordions, guitar, fiddle, bodhrán, piano and vocals. Add 14 years of...

Reviewed in issue October/2016