Reviews
Jubel
Two decades ago a group of young folk musicians said farewell to the Norwegian State Music Academy and decided to...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Solas an Lae
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O'Brien
Fiddler Ultan O'Brien and singer Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin have been one of Ireland's best-kept secrets in recent years. Having first...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Jamboree: The Album
Now here's a really cheering and worthwhile project, which is exactly what you would expect from Oily Cart. It's a...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Henry Martin
Some voices just hit you right in the guts. One of those is that of Hannah Martin – the Devon...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
La Giostra
Kërkim (Albanian for ‘Research’) is an Apulian five-piece outfit augmented with a few guests. The result might be wrongly filed...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
In the Furrows of Common Place
Drawing on the poetry of John Clare, Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' The Lost Words and South Yorkshire writer Barry...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Start
From the very first note, there's no mistaking that this is a Félix Lajkó album. The opening chord is the...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Strømmen
Helene Blum has already achieved phenomenal success in her native Denmark, including a No 1 hit as a folk singer...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Hangszín
Mónika Lakatos and the Gipsy Voices
The Oláh Roma of Hungary are a minority within a minority, having moved to Hungary and other areas of Central...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Simply Whistle
Manchester-based tin whistle player Pat Walsh is considered one of the best in the game and this new set of...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
