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Review of Decadence

Decadence

The Shee

Top of the World

Shee Records

Rating: ★★★★

Having already had Hedonism from Bellowhead, The Shee turn us on to Decadence in the form of the band's wonderfully...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of You Etched Your Face in Mine

You Etched Your Face in Mine

Tárkány Müvek

PANKK

Rating: ★★★

There seems to be a bit of a boom in the Hungarian folk scene right now, with some interesting new...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of Tiganeasca

Tiganeasca

Les Yeux Noirs

Zig Zag

Rating: ★★★

French Gypsy band Les Yeux Noirs take their name from a Django Reinhardt tune. They formed around fiddlers and singers...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of Tango Roto Live

Tango Roto Live

Johanna Juhola & Reaktori

JJ

Rating: ★★★★

Johanna Juhola has earned herself a reputation as one of the finest Finnish accordionists to emerge in recent years: a...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of One for the Road

One for the Road

Session A9

RAJ Records

Rating: ★★★

Session A9 are made up of road veterans of Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, Boys of the Lough and Fiddlers’ Bid. You...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of Breathbox

Breathbox

Antti Paalanen

Siba Records

Rating: ★★★★

I was lucky enough to be at a concert given by the accordionist Antti Paalanen at the Sibelius Academy in...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of A Matter of Life

A Matter of Life

Penguin Café

Editions Penguin Café

Rating: ★★★★

The Penguin Café ensemble, led by Arthur Jeffes, son of Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Simon Jeffes, has toured widely over the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of Sétimo Fado

Sétimo Fado

Joana Amendoeira

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★

For an artist still only in her late 20s, it’s a remarkable achieve¬ment to be releasing a seventh album. The...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of Last

Last

The Unthanks

RabbleRouser Music/EMI

Rating: ★★★

Last begins with ‘Gan to the Kye’, a Northumbrian complaint about the local men taken by rebels, leaving only the...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

Review of Haunted Bird

Haunted Bird

Iain Morrison & Daibhidh Martin

Peatfire

Rating: ★★★★

Iain Morrison hails from the small village of Back on the Isle of Lewis. Having spent years trying to make...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2011

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