Reviews

Sanctuary

Martyn Joseph

Sanctuary opens with ‘When Will We Find?’, a song that asks desperate and universal questions: when will we find love,...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Rim

Rim

This album is a collaboration between four musicians from Norway and Sweden; they have chosen traditional tunes and some of...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Across the Divide

Chris Quinn

Constant international touring for the last decade, including a stint opening for The Jools Holland Orchestra, as well as playing...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Cabaret of Death

Kroke

Unfortunately I haven’t yet seen the Polish drama documentary Cabaret of Death, which won a Prix Italia last year. Directed...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

The Peacock's Feathers

Fleadh

Established stars in their native Germany, five-piece Fleadh's last album, 2013's The Cleggan Bay Disaster, was festooned with awards, picking...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Chienne de Vie

Zoufris Maracas

This rather engaging combo was formed by two Vincents – one surnamed Allard and the other Sanchez – who left...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

O Ljubavi

Halka

Halka are a newish Bosnian sevdah band and this is their second album, recorded in the Pavarotti Music Centre in...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

The Ultimate Guide to Scottish Folk

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The third in a series of Ultimate Guide collections, following Spanish and Irish editions, this two-CD set traces the development...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Areas of High Traffic

Damien O’Kane

Yorkshire-based Ulsterman Damien O’Kane is a familiar name from his key role alongside his wife, Kate Rusby, in her band,...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016

Wandering Tales

Rönsy

If you want to have an enormous amount of fun, if you want to weep at the sheer beauty of...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2016