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Review of Henry Martin

Henry Martin

Edgelarks

Top of the World

Dragonfly Roots

Rating: ★★★★

Some voices just hit you right in the guts. One of those is that of Hannah Martin – the Devon...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of La Giostra

La Giostra

Kërkim

Liburia Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of In the Furrows of Common Place

In the Furrows of Common Place

Jim Ghedi

Basin Rock

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Start

Start

Félix Lajkó

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Strømmen

Strømmen

Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Hangszín

Hangszín

Mónika Lakatos and the Gipsy Voices

FolkEurópa

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Simply Whistle

Simply Whistle

Pat Walsh

Bunowen Music

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Bonfrost

Bonfrost

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Top of the World

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Rating: ★★★★

When they got together in 2009 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc were something of a curiosity: three outstanding string players from...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of Hidden Soul of the Fjords

Hidden Soul of the Fjords

Heidi Torsvik & Lazerus Winter

NXN Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Heidi Torsvik and Lazerus Winter's Hidden Soul of the Fjords invites you to take a Nordic journey of discovery and...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

Review of About Towers

About Towers

WÖR

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

‘New energy for old Belgian music' is the ringing slogan adopted by the five musicians of WÖR. Their mission to...

Reviewed in issue March/2021

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