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Review of Nocturno

Nocturno

Gianni Iorio & Pasquale Stafano

Enja Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since Astor Piazzolla relocated to Milan in 1973 to spend a decade experimenting and recording blistering, audacious albums such...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Inspired by Chance

Inspired by Chance

Goitse

Top of the World

Goitse Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Their 2014 album Tall Tales and Misadventures saw Limerick quintet Goitse up the ante with a set marked by variety,...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Brinca

Brinca

Paride Peddio & Jonathan Della Marianna

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

It is both odd and a real shame that Sardinia's richly vibrant traditional music culture isn’t better known internationally. But...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of String Theory

String Theory

We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3

Rating: ★★★★

Galway quartet We Banjo 3 here press home their ‘Celticgrass’ crossover credentials with their most confident and accomplished release to...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Ojos Cerrados

Ojos Cerrados

Andreas Arnold

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★

Flamenco guitarists are constantly seeking new approaches and settings. Andreas Arnold, born in Germany and now based in Spain and...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Jigdoll

Jigdoll

Hannah James

Top of the World

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The album begins with a soft low hum, then lyrical vocal layers build up, like cumulus clouds across a twilight...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Plaint of Lapwing

Plaint of Lapwing

Alasdair Roberts & James Green

Clay Pipe Music

Rating: ★★★★

Alasdair Roberts has a busy and productive muse – with a long line of striking solo records behind him, recent...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Tunes from the Backyard

Tunes from the Backyard

Eva Deivert

Gammalthea

Rating: ★★★

Eva Deivert, from Värmland in Sweden, is a long-standing and highly respected fiddle player in Sweden's folk scene. Her passion...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Daou Don Dãns

Daou Don Dãns

Bodénès – Hamon & Invités

Paker Prod

Rating: ★★★

Visitors to Brittany are almost certain to encounter a bagad, the bagpipe, drum and bombarde(shawm) bands through which, since the...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

Review of Turrys

Turrys

Ruth Keggin

Purt Sheearan Records

Rating: ★★★

Singer Ruth Keggin is a committed campaigner for the Manx language and her debut album Sheear (reviewed in #108), featuring...

Reviewed in issue October/2016

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