Reviews

Handsel

Malinky

It's hard to believe that Malinky, those champions of Scots song, are 20 years old, having formed back in 1999....

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Zipserim

Mojše Band

At the Czech Music Crossroads conference in Ostrava, one of the most surprising and interesting groups was the Mojše Band...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Jūrėse

Saulius Petreikis

With its New Agey, Celtic feel, at times Jūrėse (meaning ‘In the Lagoon’, referencing his home region) sounds almost like...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

The Livelong Day

Lankum

The outstanding ten minutes of ‘The Wild Rover’ dominates this third album from Ireland's most significant band. Drawing on the...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Starling

Novar

With Thierry Nouat on hurdy-gurdy, Toon van Mierlo on bagpipes, accordion and saxophone, Aurélien Claranbaux on accordion and Jeroen Geerinck...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Steer by the Stars

Skipinnish

As one of the strongest live acts on the trad scene for the last couple of decades, and following the...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Alegrià e Libertà

Lucilla Galeazzi, Didier Laloy, Ialma, Carlo Rizzo and Maarten Decombel

This feels like a convivial affair – a motley group of musicians coming together, jamming, finding they get along really...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Egeland Edén Marin Vol 1

Ånon Egeland, Mats Edén & Mikael Marin

It's hard to believe that three of Scandinavia's most outstanding folk musicians are together here as a trio for the...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Tabhair Mo Ghrá Go Conamara (Bring My Love to Connemara)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

I doubt there will be a more evocative, or valuable, Irish traditional music disc released this year than this spellbinding...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020

Úr

Goitse

Úr sees a first personnel change for Goitse with Alan Reid replacing James Harvey on banjo and adding piquant bouzouki...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020