Reviews

Energy Islands

Fara | FARA

Originating from Orkney and taking inspiration from the renewable energy innovation of their home isles (track titles relate to their...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Rosc

Goitse

Celebrating 15 years together and a decade on the touring circuit, Limerick-based quintet Goitse mark the dual anniversary in style...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

And So We Gather

Kim Carnie

Kim Carnie wrote most of this debut album in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, and she has captured the unhurried peacefulness of...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Racines

Joulik

With Racines the French trio Joulik range around the globe. ‘Gwannaw Ay’ includes Wolof proverbs, ‘Dans Mon Ker’ is in...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

In Search of Sources

Jarek Adamów & Marcin Kozak

Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Quesaco?

Paris Combo

Paris Combo are an iconic Parisian band, carried by the voice and the twinkling presence of Bénédicte Grimault, aka Belle...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Footwork

Lewis Wood

The debut album from English fiddler Lewis Wood is something of a concept album – and it’s a nice concept. Footwork...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

The Rough Guide to Jewish Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Klezmer is by far the most well-known Jewish music genre, to the extent that it is often the only one...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Mousehold

The Shackleton Trio

Led by Georgia Shackleton on fiddle and vocals, with Nic Zuppardi on mandolin and Aaren Bennett on guitar, the East...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Bak Lås Og Slå

Stampestuen

From thieves to murderers this is a collection of songs about outcasts of Norwegian society in the 19th century. With...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022