Reviews

An Bhuatais & the Meaning of Life

Lorcán MacMathúna

Lorcán MacMathúna's book-and-CD package, An Bhuatais & the Meaning of Life, is, as its title implies, ambitious – an attempt...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Õunaaia Album (Apple Orchard Album)

Mari Kalkun

Mari Kalkun gave a memorable video stream of this album last spring in the blossoming orchard beside her house in...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Unearthing

Patterson Dipper

This pairing of folk veterans comprises singer James Patterson and instrumentalist (and concertina maker) John Dipper, who has played with...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Estren

TEYR

TEYR enjoyed acclaim for their album Far From the Tree in 2016. Then James Patrick Gavin (fiddle and guitar), Dominic...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Ghetto Songs

Frank London

In 2016 Frank London (The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave etc) was invited to be artist-in-residence for the celebration of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

The Light of the Moon

Gnoss

Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Hunger of the Skin

Brian Finnegan

Hunger of the Skin finds Flook flautist Brian Finnegan putting COVID-19 lockdown purdah to scintillating use with a firing-on-all-cylinders set....

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Motyle

Tara Fuki

The duo Tara Fuki have been going for 20 years and, having seen them in action, that's something worth celebrating....

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Newcomer

Gráinne Brady

As a young Gráinne Brady was learning the fiddle from her dad in County Cavan, she was also enraptured by...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Nieguid Duovdagat

Ánnámáret

Northern Sámi musician Ánnámáret (aka Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman) takes a dramatic leap forward with this powerful release, after two albums featuring...

Reviewed in issue June/2021