Reviews

Haar

HAV

This second album from Scottish ambient folk trio HAV is as ethereal and elusive as the coastal environment it is...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Monastir

Sarah Aroeste

There is quite some story and a lot of work behind this album. American-born Sarah Aroeste comes from a Sephardic...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Ffiniau

Bethan Nia

Ffiniau is Welsh for ‘borders’ and harpist and singer Bethan Nia’s debut album explores the boundaries that exist between people,...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Pissourin

Monsieur Doumani

In their latest outing, the amazing Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani go (more) electronic, and again produce an endlessly inventive take...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Zonnewachter

Wouter en de Draak

The second album from Wouter en de Draak (Wouter and the Dragon) is a timely reminder of the beauty of...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Syzygy

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his longtime musical partner, Californian cellist Natalie Haas, released their first set as a duo...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Goitse a Thaisce

VARIOUS ARTISTS

A trip down memory lane, Goitse a Thaisce(Come Here, My Darling) is also a clarion call to the uninitiated to...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Laisvė Šaukia

Saulius Petreikis

This latest 14-track, live recording from prolific Lithuanian multi-instrumentalist Saulius Petreikis and his guitarist brother Donatas Petreikis, came out in...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Camin Sobiran

Aèdes

Listen casually to this latest release from the Pau-based label in South-West France and you might mistake its minimalism for...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

I Am of Ireland: Yeats in Song

VARIOUS ARTISTS

It’s been done before and often, but never with such silken, seductive charm as here. Readily lending themselves to music,...

Reviewed in issue October/2021