Reviews
Landskein
Lauren MacColl is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. Her latest album’s title, Landskein, loosely means ‘Thread’ and it is in...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Receiver
Receiver begins with a fiddle drone, as if this has been going on already and you have happened upon it....
Reviewed in issue November/2020
The Night Out
The Night Out is the debut album of this Southampton-based quartet, whose music is firmly rooted in the English and...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Ikivirta
Finnish-French composer Sarah Palu chose to release this, her debut, as a download code hidden within a bar of vegan...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Acid Croft Vol 9
For 30 years Shooglenifty have been rocking, shaking and Shoogling the Scots trad music scene. Acid Croft Vol 9 marks...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Telyn Rawn
Think you know the harp? Think again. I’ve been aware of Rhodri Davies, the uncompromising, experimental harpist for decades, but...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Flowers Where the Horses Sleep
After recently focusing on traditional songs, Burnell’s sixth album finds him back with pen in hand. Joined by a collection...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Gitana Mora
This new release from La Banda Morisca comes with an attractive 35-page booklet (in Spanish only) containing florid journalism along...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
Taranta Lanera
Italian expat Mari Lanera is a multifaceted artist in the Bordeaux underground scene. Yet, as Taranta Lanera for her eponymous...
Reviewed in issue October/2020
