Reviews

Mysteries Unfold

Sophie Tassignon

Take a deep breath before playing Tassignon’s solo debut Mysteries Unfold, the waters run deep ahead. After several decades working...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Wrackline

Fay Hield

Fay Hield has a fine pedigree as a solo artist, with her previous album, 2016’s Old Adam, taking a deep...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Landskein

Lauren MacColl

Lauren MacColl is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. Her latest album’s title, Landskein, loosely means ‘Thread’ and it is in...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Receiver

The Rheingans Sisters

Receiver begins with a fiddle drone, as if this has been going on already and you have happened upon it....

Reviewed in issue November/2020

The Night Out

Monkey See Monkey Do

The Night Out is the debut album of this Southampton-based quartet, whose music is firmly rooted in the English and...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Ikivirta

Sarah Palu

Finnish-French composer Sarah Palu chose to release this, her debut, as a download code hidden within a bar of vegan...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

The Haar

The Haar

Fiddler Adam Summerhayes and percussionist Cormac Byrne are a prolific pair. In #148, I wrote about their new outfit Dodo...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Acid Croft Vol 9

Shooglenifty

For 30 years Shooglenifty have been rocking, shaking and Shoogling the Scots trad music scene. Acid Croft Vol 9 marks...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Telyn Rawn

Rhodri Davies

Think you know the harp? Think again. I’ve been aware of Rhodri Davies, the uncompromising, experimental harpist for decades, but...

Reviewed in issue November/2020

Flowers Where the Horses Sleep

Joshua Burnell

After recently focusing on traditional songs, Burnell’s sixth album finds him back with pen in hand. Joined by a collection...

Reviewed in issue October/2020