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Review of Cumulus Spores

Cumulus Spores

Ana Kravanja & Samo Kutin

Ana Kravanja & Samo Kutin

Rating: ★★★

Masters of reimagined improvised music, Ana Kravanja and Samo Kutin might be better known for their excellent work as Širom...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of I Used to Be Sad & Then I Forgot

I Used to Be Sad & Then I Forgot

Mr Alec Bowman

Mr Alec Bowman

Rating: ★★★

Professional photographer-turned-singer-songwriter Mr Alec Bowman may have swapped the darkroom for the recording studio but it still doesn't seem to...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of 303

303

Three Cane Whale

Three Cane Whale

Rating: ★★★★

Combine the following ingredients – trumpet, guitar, mandolin, banjo, lute harp, lyre harp, dulcitone, chimes, cornet and bowed psaltery –...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of About Land

About Land

Mira Pardelha

Mira Pardelha

Rating: ★★★

Mira Pardelha's story starts in 1998 when Canadian musicians Jason Breckenridge and Ian Brimacombe were flatmates in Lisbon and first...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces

Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces

Tailcoat

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Tailcoat are my new favourite band. Tall Tales in Tiny Pieces is the debut album from this Danish/Swedish five-piece who...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of Bërbili

Bërbili

Dina e Mel

Nota Bene

Rating: ★★★★

Situated at the nexus of the Romantic and Slavic worlds, yet with their roots in Albania, the songs of the...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of Hether Blether

Hether Blether

Erland Cooper

Phases

Rating: ★★★

Named after one of the vanishing islands from his native Orkney's folklore, the final album in composer Erland Cooper's trilogy...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of The Path of Stones

The Path of Stones

John Doyle

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

A member of Solas, Usher's Well and the crack trio of McCusker, McGoldrick and Doyle, as well as an assured...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of Make Your Move

Make Your Move

Trad.Attack!

Made in Baltics

Rating: ★★★★

Trad.Attack! are a phenomenon in Estonia, their homeland, where since their inception in 2013 the trio have swept the board...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

Review of George Sansome

George Sansome

George Sansome

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

One third of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award nominees Granny's Attic, Sansome releases his solo debut. This self-titled album...

Reviewed in issue July/2020

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