Reviews

The Great Irish Famine

Junior Brother

Ronan Kealy, aka Junior Brother, from County Kerry, was hailed The Irish Times’ Best Irish Act 2019, when his debut,...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Frey

Tamsin Elliott

Hot on the heels of the release of Solana’s Mirage (reviewed in June 2022, #178) comes this haunting solo album...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Hundinuiaõis/Bulrush Bloom

Eva Väljaots

From Estonia, Eva Väljaots plays the kannel, one of the plucked zither-like instruments shared by the Finno-Ugric cultures around the...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Toloka

Wernyhora

When I first visited Poland in 1990 it was a real thrill to discover some of the beautiful wooden Boyko...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

Rade

Paolo Angeli

The adventurous Valencia-based Sardinian composer sets sails navigating on Mediterranean routes after his critically-admired album Jar’a, which appeared to be...

Reviewed in issue October/2022

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