Reviews

Canaich

Duncan Chisholm

As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Twice Reflected Sun

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Nancy Kerr and James Fagan both sing and, between them, play fiddle, viola, bouzouki, mandolin and guitar. Both were born...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Netherbow

Saltfishforty

Orkney duo Saltfishforty is comprised of Douglas Montgomery on fiddle, viola and mandolin, with Brian Cromarty on vocals, guitar, mandola...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Dance

Blowzabella

If ever a band were overdue a lifetime achievement award it is Blowzabella. Not only have they written a stack...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

…e l’italiano ride

Mirco Menna & Banda di Avola

Singer-songwriter Mirco Menna here encounters a 52-piece Sicilian brass band, directed by Sebastiano Bell’Arte. It's the pair's second recording, following...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Too Long in This Condition

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

Supposedly Alasdair Roberts is a human male born in the 1970s, raised in central Scotland and a resident of Glasgow...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

La Nua

Lúnasa

Lá Nua is Lúnasa’s first foray into the studio since 2006’s Sé. It’s also the powerhouse quintet’s first recording since...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Side Show

The Burns Unit

Somewhere in the middle of a transatlantic crossing between Scotland and Canada, there’s a musical meeting point of players and...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

Soisín

Kíla

Kíla have stepped away from the dance floor and into the chill-out room with the meditative, Japanoiserie of Soisín, their...

Reviewed in issue October/2010

The Lucky Smile

Rachel Hair

The Lucky Smile is a sparkling recording centred around Rachel Hair’s pristine, beautifully detailed harp-playing, the tune selections by turns...

Reviewed in issue October/2010