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Review of Over Fields and Mountains

Over Fields and Mountains

Branko Mataja

Numero Group

Rating: ★★★★★

Over Fields and Mountains is one of those ‘lost’ or ‘outsider’ records that contains the sound of surprise. The late...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Suspiro

Suspiro

Suonno d’Ajere

Italian World Beat

Rating: ★★★★

Canzone napoletana, the world’s best-known Italian popular music, has enthralled Suonno d’Ajere (Yesterday’s Dream) – a young Neapolitan trio employing...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Unknown Waters

Unknown Waters

Megson

EDJ Records

Rating: ★★★

Though they may have ventured into the southern flatlands of England, the folk duo Megson has always remained close to...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Raajroe: The Reindeer Caravan

Raajroe: The Reindeer Caravan

Marja Mortensson & Daniel Herskedal

Veadta

Rating: ★★★★

With the cinematic sweep of an epic, and with the steady, enduring relentlessness of the rhythms of the natural world,...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Gin and Strathspey

Gin and Strathspey

LYRE LYRE

Top of the World

Lyre Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

A string band with a possibly unique instrumentation, LYRE LYRE is three of the most in-demand musicians currently operating in...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of L’anniversaire

L’anniversaire

Daniel Colin

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Fancy a Parisian afternoon, but can’t afford the trip? Never mind! Relax on your couch and close your eyes; Daniel...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Antiphony of the Trees

Antiphony of the Trees

Laura Cannell & Stewart Lee & Friends | Laura Cannell

Brawl Records

Rating: ★★★★

Antiphony of the Trees, the seventh record from Laura Cannell, saw a change of scenery for the composer and improvisor....

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Day is Come

Day is Come

The Alt

Under the Arch Records

Rating: ★★★★

The self-titled first album by the trio of Nuala Kennedy (flute and whistle), John Doyle (guitar, bodhrán, keyboards), and Eamon...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Needle & Thread

Needle & Thread

Dom Prag

Dom Prag

Rating: ★★★

Dom Prag is a young singer and guitarist from Southampton who discovered the world of traditional folk song when he...

Reviewed in issue May/2022

Review of Hallival

Hallival

Iona Lane

Iona Lane

Rating: ★★★

Nominative determinism is at work here. Iona is a Hebridean island famed for its wild beauty, spirituality, and ancient stories....

Reviewed in issue May/2022

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