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Review of Stormweere

Stormweere

Spilar

Tiad Records

Rating: ★★★

Formed around the voices of sister and brother Eva and Maarten Decombel with the mandolin and synths of Trio Dhoore’s...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar

Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar

Custódio Castelo

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Famous Fados is the latest instalment in a series of discs showcasing Custódio Castelo’s talent as a solo artist (his...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of The Spectrum Project

The Spectrum Project

Marie Fielding

Rumford Records

Rating: ★★★★

Award-winning fiddler Marie Fielding’s fourth album is a curious, but engaging, experiment. Exploring the organic nature of the creative process...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Live at the Old Fruitmarket

Live at the Old Fruitmarket

RURA

Rura Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Live at the Old Fruitmarket marks an incredible ten years for the band, a decade that has seen many changes...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Mãe

Mãe

Liana

Crowd Records

Rating: ★★★

Mãe (Mother) is Liana’s take on motherhood in our present age of anxiety. It’s her fourth solo album (she has...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Last Pagan Rites/From the Yotvingian Stone

Last Pagan Rites/From the Yotvingian Stone

Bronius Kutavičius

Music Information Centre Lithuania

Rating: ★★★★

Born in 1932, Bronius Kutavičius is one of the most prominent figures in Lithuanian musical culture. Concerned with the deep...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel

Vox Clamantis & Jaan-Eik Tulve

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Estonia has a number of contemporary composers who have made an art out of sacred choral music and written for...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Blue White Gold

Blue White Gold

Dreamers’ Circus

Vertical Records

Rating: ★★★★

It has already been a decade since Danes Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (fiddle), Nikolaj Busk (piano and accordion) and Swede Ale...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Seasons of Change

Seasons of Change

Tom Kitching

Talking Cat

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in Staffordshire's 19th-century Danebridge Methodist Chapel with guest players including Norway's Marit Fält (Vamm) on Nordic mandola and cittern...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

Review of RELAY, Vol 1

RELAY, Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

There are good reasons to buy this album, via Bandcamp, at the price of your choosing, because all proceeds are...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2020

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