Reviews
The Yew & The Orchard
Cillian Vallely & David Doocey
The long tradition of music flowing between the east and west of Ireland’s northern counties is nimbly caught in The...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Family Beyond Blood
Accordionist Almir Mešković was born in Bosnia and violinist Daniel Lazar in Serbia; both grew up steeped in Balkan folk...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Las Formas del Agua
Blanca Altable, a Burgos-born violinist and composer, unveils her talent for conjuring vivid imagery on her second solo album, Las...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
BKXS
Jan Van Angelopoulos & Fotis Siotas
This is one of the more adventurous albums I’ve come across recently, and one which is based on arguably one...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Mouse
The Schmoozenbergs may sound like a novelty band, but they are a quartet of classy musicians who clearly like to...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Féile Live
Having caught attention with their Belfast Féile Trad Trail debut in 2022, the John McSherry Trio’s first album confirms the...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Desassossego
Desassossego (Restlessness) is the second album by Matilde Cid, a fado singer-songwriter from Estremoz, east of Lisbon. Puro, Cid’s first...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Basta!
Southern Italian trance, anyone? If you’ve had enough of the same old sounds, try Basta! (pun intended). Giuliano Gabriele is...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Fado Camões
The artist known as LINA_ is a fado singer with an exquisite voice and a love of experimentation. She won...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
Amor Fati
Fatima Szalay is a young Hungarian singer who trained at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and this is her debut...
Reviewed in issue April/2024
