Reviews

Manuša

Júlia Kozáková

Júlia Kozáková is a young Slovakian singer who is, at present, studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Hárr

Benedicte Maurseth

In previous recordings, international performances, and her 2019 book To Be Nothing, Benedicte Maurseth has showcased the celestial beauty of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Ona

Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr

The title Ona means ‘She’ in Czech and it presents women’s songs from Tomáš Kočko’s homeland Moravia, the eastern region...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Róisín ReImagined

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Irish Chamber Orchestra

Breathing new life into old, Róisín ReImagined takes the ancient tradition of sean nós singing, filters it through new arrangements...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Vulpus

The Drystones

Fusing folk fiddle and guitar with dance music, the Somerset duo celebrate ten years together with their fourth album, Vulpus....

Reviewed in issue June/2022

River of Dreams

Johnny Coppin

There is something charmingly familiar and almost old fashioned about ex-Decameron guitarist Johnny Coppin’s River of Dreams that is evident...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Duo Vargoz

Duo Vargoz

Re-exploring repertoires of oral tradition and rearranging them is a fairly common approach in the world of traditional music today....

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Bourdon

Topette!!

Bourdon is French for ‘Bumblebee,’ and Topette!!’s exhilarating and intriguing new album begins with the buzz of a dumbledore. This...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

30: Happy Returns

Kate Rusby

To celebrate 30 years as a performing musician Kate Rusby has selected songs from her 18 previous albums and recorded...

Reviewed in issue June/2022

Supra

Iberi

Unaccompanied Georgian choral music has become hugely and globally popular among listeners and amateur singers, and there are plentiful examples...

Reviewed in issue June/2022