Reviews
Brinca
Paride Peddio & Jonathan Della Marianna
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
String Theory
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
Ojos Cerrados
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
Jigdoll
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
Plaint of Lapwing
Alasdair Roberts & James Green
Alasdair Roberts has a busy and productive muse – with a long line of striking solo records behind him, recent...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Tunes from the Backyard
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
Daou Don Dãns
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
Turrys
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
Raysn: The Music of Jewish Belarus
This New York-based band are exploring the Jewish music of Belarus and its surrounds. The Jewish culture of the region...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
Du og Eg
Ingunn Stræte Lie & Jo Asgeir Lie
By the end of this album you’ll know your reinlenders from your springars, and polkas will be second nature. Here's...
Reviewed in issue October/2016
