Reviews
Polaris
Turin-dwelling musicians of southern Italian descent (Oreste Forestieri, Franco Montanaro and Valeria Quarta), delve into traditional forms from the southern...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Blackletter Garland
The Hack-Poets Guild are Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and composer and sound designer Nathaniel Mann. Working with Sound UK Arts,...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Tamoj
The Polish group Sutari have always said their music (and name) was influenced by Lithuanian sutartinės, a polyphonic vocal form....
Reviewed in issue March/2023
The Norwegian Bagpipe (?) Vol II
Norwegian bagpipes? Trust me or, rather, trust Tellef Kvifte. He's one of Norwegian music's treasures: as professor of musicology researching...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Collection of Traditional Musics 31: Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia
Şarambel Brass Band from Valea Mare, Vaslui
This is the 31st disc in the remarkable collection of recordings of traditional Romanian music started by the late Speranța...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Cordé Serré
Celtic communities have helped to shape Québec's heritage and, whether of Breton, Cornish, Scottish, Welsh, Irish or Mannian origin, most...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Howay the Lasses
This striking 11-track collection from Howay the Lasses – a quartet featuring Annie Ball (vocals, accordion, piano), Bronwen Davies-Jones (vocals),...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
The Hard Working Men
Irish trad duo Ispíní na hÉireann have always taken a unique tack when it comes to self-promotion. The Dublin-based pair,...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
Tales From Across the Water
Griselda Sanderson | Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha
Multi-instrumentalist Griselda Sanderson's third instrumental album, following 2008's Harpaphonics, and 2015's Radial, offers a musical hand of friendship and connection...
Reviewed in issue March/2023
