Reviews

Songs of Love & Death

Reg Meuross and Harbottle & Jonas

This collaboration between English acoustic scene veteran Reg Meuross and the Devon folk duo David Harbottle and Freya Jonas sprung...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Genius Loci 1: White Peak

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

Instrumental duo fiddler Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger like to let things flow. At the heart of The Ciderhouse...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Slåttepiano II

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus

Ingfrid Breie Nyhus grew up in a family where Norwegian folk music was all around. It may be in her...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Evergreen

Auka

Sheffield three-piece Auka make an agreeable debut on disc with Evergreen, a self-penned collection of Celtic folk-influenced pieces for flute...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Sleeping Spirals

Hannah James and Toby Kuhn

“I didn’t think I did need a cellist,” Hannah James says in a video describing the genesis of her new...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Lua Adversa

Cristina Clara

It is telling that Cristina Clara was a regular at Tejo Bar, a tiny spot in Lisbon’s historical quarter of...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Mackerel Sky

John Dew

Crieff-based composer John Dew’s debut sees the talented piper deliver a series of mostly self-penned tunes in a fiery and...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Ùrar

Mànran

Hard to believe the band that is the mighty Mànran is 11 years old, and with Ùrar, their fourth studio...

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Zvony

Adrian Myhr & Michaela Antalová

This is a duo recording of Slovak and Norwegian flutes with double bass. The flutes, played by Michaela Antalová, are...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022

Live at the Floodgate

Dan Walsh

Pulling off a live album can be tricky; the sound can be inferior to a studio record and it is...

Reviewed in issue January/February/2022