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Review of Ear to the Eye

Ear to the Eye

Cosmo Sheldrake

Tardigrade Records

Rating: ★★★

Following on from last year’s compact, 22-minute Wild Wet World with its aquatic orchestra of sounds, comes a gargantuan 22-song...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Skin

Skin

Maddie Morris

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

Engaging folk with contemporary issues Maddie Morris’ debut full-length album, Skin, is an insightful listen. A deeply socially conscious songwriter,...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Ridiculous Things

Ridiculous Things

The Do Goodrs

Old Age Recording Company

Rating: ★★★

Seattle’s The Do Goodrs debut album dives deep into personal storytelling and cultural fusion through the band’s love of Balkan...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Circus of Desire

Circus of Desire

Olivia Chaney

Kartel Music Group

Rating: ★★★★

It’s been five years since Olivia Chaney’s last solo album, Shelter, which came between the stellar set of traditional balladry...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Grace Will Lead Me Home

Grace Will Lead Me Home

Angeline Morrison, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne & Jon Bickley

Invisible Folk

Rating: ★★★

Last year was the 250th anniversary of the writing of ‘Amazing Grace’ while next year is the 300th anniversary of...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado

Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado

Ana Lua Caiano

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

An experimental fusion of Portuguese folk, introspective soul-searching and out-there electronica, this debut album by Ana Lua Caiano is an...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Jolifanto

Jolifanto

ZA! + Perrate

Top of the World

Lovemonk

Rating: ★★★★

For all its depth of tradition, flamenco has always been moved by innovation. In 1979 Camarón de le Isla’s La...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of At Fargrounds

At Fargrounds

Jacken Elswyth

Wrong Speed Records

Rating: ★★★

Jacken Elswyth is a banjo player and instrument maker known for her work as a member of the Shovel Dance...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Yellow Roses

Yellow Roses

Niamh Bury

Claddagh Records

Rating: ★★★★

Nominated in the Best Emerging Artist category of the RTÉ Folk Awards 2024, Niamh Bury is swiftly rising as one...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Howl

Howl

Daisy Rickman

Daisy Rickman

Rating: ★★★★

Howl means ‘Sun’ in Cornish, and this is the Kernow singer and artist’s second album, following on from 2022’s Donsya...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

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