Reviews

Moura

Ana Moura

The second Moura begins it becomes obvious this is no ordinary fado record. It takes just a snippet of ‘Moura...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Hearts Broken, Heads Turned

Jarlath Henderson

Jarlath Henderson hinted he could sing, as well as playing startlingly good uilleann pipes and whistle, on his 2013 Air-Fix...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Deltu

Pevarlamm

Deltu (Dynamism) is Breton world music, taking its influences from Brittany to Ireland, from Scotland to Galicia, from ceilidh to...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Anian

9Bach

The Welsh band's third album is a cohesive, interconnected set of original songs and carefully placed Welsh folk songs, including...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

Heavy Wood

Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra

Djukella is an insult, common in the Balkans, meaning mongrel. Hellard and his band have reclaimed it aptly: their music...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

All These Years

Solas

This finds Irish-American luminaries Solas celebrating two decades together in ebullient style. This crowd-funded collection of all-new material brings past...

Reviewed in issue June/2016

It's Klezmer!

You Shouldn’t Know From It

The title says it all really. This is a solid collection of traditional tunes with a handful of originals, including...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Poyln: A Gilgul

Veretski Pass with Joel Rubin

Although there's been a great revival of klezmer and Jewish music in the former Eastern Bloc, it's still American musicians...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Summer Isles

Mairearad Green

Inspired by the series of small isles lying in the mouth of Loch Broom in the highlands of Scotland, Mairearad...

Reviewed in issue May/2016

Forgotten Kingdom

Jim Causley

It's been more than a decade since Causley's debut album and his career has encompassed vocal trio The Devil's Interval,...

Reviewed in issue May/2016