Reviews
Message in a Bottle
Opening with the comforting sound of waves lapping on a shore, Ingrid Henderson’s new self-penned album is a beautifully atmospheric...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
In the Echo: Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace
Proof that Irish traditional music is the most amenable of genres, In the Echo brings together leading figures in the...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Kaftan d’Alma
Maybe we can blame a common Mediterranean feeling working its way into a shared culture, but it is quite interesting...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
The St Buryan Sessions
Throughout 2021, Sarah McQuaid has been releasing songs and videos as The St Buryan Sessions, her live lockdown recordings made...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Piobaireachd/Pipe Music
Deeply rooted in the classical sound of the Great Highland bagpipe, the piper and multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield’s latest release is...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
The Impossible Wild
The Last Inklings are Leonardo MacKenzie and David Hoyland – MacKenzie is a classically trained cellist with 15 years of...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
It Wasn’t Hard to Love You
Is this the last album we will hear from Fanfare Ciocarlia? The world’s foremost Balkan brass band are not retiring...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Connectivity
Grace Petrie has her huge following of loyal fans and their propensity for singing in mind on her aptly-named new...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Spiorachas: A High Place
With their fourth album, Scottish fiddle and piano partnership Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach confirm their ability to sing the...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
