Reviews
I Can See the Gates of Heaven
Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...
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Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord
Topic continue to mark their 70th anniversary with the release of seven classic albums from their catalogue in sumptuously packaged...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
The Way Home
Having followed an early grounding in his native Highland traditions with a full classical training, Donald Grant is both a...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Tulipunapalsami
The Finns are particularly good at reinventing their music and folk instruments – thanks largely to the work of the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Live
This CD and DVD package is quite brilliant, although not altogether new. I remember, when the DVD of the 2004...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Uam – From Me
The third studio album from Outer Hebridean Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis is as deeply immersed in the traditions of the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
The Definitive Collection
Sometime in the late 1980s I made a radio feature saluting the emergence of ‘New Wave English Country Dance Music.’...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
Feast Frost Bites
Pauls Hutchinson and Sartin return with a festive offering of carols and tunes to see us through yuletide. The result...
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Fiara – Corsican Voice
The first few seconds tell us most of what we need to know: a wash of gentle synths, semi¬acoustic guitar,...
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Keepsakes
With cover art picturing keepsakes sent in by fans – an old travelcard, an old tooth, an old mixtape –...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2010
