Reviews
The Devil Makes Three
Twelfth Day, comprising Catriona Price on fiddle and vocals and Esther Swift on pedal harp, clarsach harp and vocals, have...
Reviewed in issue October/2014
Suites
The third album from veteran Breton violinist Jacky Molard and his instrumental quartet furthers Molard's ongoing mission of crossing musical...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Quick Sparrows Over the Black Earth
The interesting album title has been taken from one of the Greek poet Sappho's fragments. It suggests Cannell seeks in...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Mängleik
Playfulness is at the heart of this music. There's a real sense of being at a live concert, feet tapping...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Any Other Morning
The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks
According to one story, the last music heard by the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the night before going to his death,...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
In the Air or the Earth
Ancient ballads from the crossroads of life, death, fate and fortune, and equally antique dance tunes – you can almost...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Over Tones
Benedicte Maurseth & Åsne Valland Nordli
These outstanding musicians have impeccable pedigrees. They grew up with the folk traditions of Norway's Hardanger region. Maurseth learned Hardanger...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
For the Sake of Auld Decency
Album number two from Irish-Danish four-piece Mórga, sees David Munnelly replace Barry Brady on accordion. But in all other respects...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
Sweet Visitor
She's got a pedigree going back to two superb albums with Eliza Carthy in the early 90s, and with partner...
Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014
