Reviews

The Friel Sisters

The Friel Sisters

Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel were born and brought up in Glasgow, but the music they play is Irish. Their...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

This is How We Fly

This is How We Fly

The eponymously titled debut from Dublin-based four-piece is a singular, stylish and somewhat startling proposition. Originally brought together for the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2014

Fomenta

Antonio Castrignanò

Tambourine player, singer and composer Antonio Castrignanò determinedly pursues a cutting-edge makeover of Salento's traditional music. This joint musical adventure...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Tincian

9Bach

Singer Lisa Jên and guitarist Martin Hoyland delivered a superb debut album of traditional Welsh folk songs in 2009, fusing...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

It’ll be Fine

Ceol An Aire

Ceol An Aire are a four-piece ceilidh band from Oban, in the West of Scotland, three of whom are still...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Karja-La

Sväng

A touch of Howlin’ Wolf, hints of anarchic fiddle playing, traditional Baltic runo song, and a jumping minuet: prepare yourself...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Isula Ranni

Unavantaluna

Sharing a Sicilian background, the members of Rome-based Unavantaluna cohesively weave the island's traditional style and repertoire, sung in dialect,...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Grace Bay

Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello

Offspring of noted figures in their native West Clare and County Galway, the husband-and-wife team of Tommy McCarthy and Louise...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Danzas Brancas

Orquestra Folk SonDeSeu

SonDeSeu, led by veteran composer Rodrigo Romaní, is a sprawling folk orchestra that combines a quintet of gaitas with armies...

Reviewed in issue July/2014

Agua en la Boca

María Berasarte

We tend to think of fado as an uncompromising, impassioned, dark-hued genre. María Berasarte was born in San Sebastian, sings...

Reviewed in issue July/2014