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Review of Ministry of Carnival

Ministry of Carnival

Kasha Nasha

MW Records

Rating: ★★

It seems as though every month, if not every week, there is another take on Gypsy music through Western ears....

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Mànran

Mànran

Mànran

Mànran Records

Rating: ★★★

This self-titled debut from the new young bucks of Scots folk is a feisty and sweaty affair. Founded in 2010,...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Orfeo

Orfeo

Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party

Top of the World

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The title-track of Orfeo is a version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story dating from the 13th century, via a...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Morning Moon

Morning Moon

Jenna Reid

Lofoten Record

Rating: ★★★★

Shetland lass Jenna Reid has long established herself as one of the most exciting fiddlers on the traditional scene. She’s...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Off Beaten Tracks

Off Beaten Tracks

The Urban Folk Quartet

UFQ

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a palpable electricity to an Urban Folk Quartet gig. It surges through the musicians and into the crowd when...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Pwnco

Pwnco

Allan yn y Fan

Steam Pie Records

Rating: ★★

Allan yn y Fan, a quintet from Gwent, South Wales, are proud purveyors of twmpath music. A twmpath is a...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Release the Penguins

Release the Penguins

TG Collective

Stoney Lane Music

Rating: ★★★★

Flamenco, jazz and Gypsy swing mingle together in the world of the TG Collective, a guitar-led sextet from a British...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea

A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Proper Records

Rating: ★★★

A Treasury is just that, a hoard of the best shanties. Furthermore, it’s sung by four of the finest outfits...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown

Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown

Gren Bartley

Fellside

Rating: ★★★

This young Manchester-based singer-songwriter and guitarist first made a bit of a name for himself in a duo with fiddler...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

Review of Two Fine Days

Two Fine Days

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Fellside

Rating: ★★★

Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...

Reviewed in issue July/2012

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