Reviews
Spell Songs II: Let the Light In
You might just catch the diminutive cheep of the wren at the end of ‘St Kilda Wren’ – blink and...
Reviewed in issue January/February/2022
Live at Cooper Hall
The Derry singer is a reliably captivating live draw considering that voice, those songs, the subtle acoustic accompaniment of husband...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Kin
Four years after the startling experiment in looping and overdubbing of his solo debut, The Tin Fiddle, Donegal fiddler Damien...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Chapel
If you’re thinking Andy Aquarius can’t be his real name, you’d be right. Andy Ozbolt is a singer and multi-instrumentalist...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Still as Your Sleeping
Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan
There’s a paradox at the heart of this album from Scottish singer-songwriter Karine Polwart and pianist Dave Milligan. It is...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
Karaim Music Map
This is the first full album of Karaim music, ever, apparently. The Karaim are a diasporic community of contentious origin,...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
The Music of Ancient Rome
A glance at the cover and a read through the story behind this release, with its tales of research into...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
More Notes from the Field
The Devon-based duo have been together – in the gaps between their burgeoning solo careers – since 2014, with an...
Reviewed in issue December/2021
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
