Reviews
Sir Fôn Bach
Llio Rhydderch was moved to arrange ‘Anhawdd Ymadael’, the penultimate tune of this very beautiful album, because the elegy ‘Marwnad...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Pura Vida (Banda Sonora)
Mísia was integral to the new wave of fadistas in the 1990s, helping to revitalise the genre with new influences,...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Rolling Back
Hungarian Gypsy band Parno Graszt hail from the village of Paszab in the north-east of the country. Led by tambura...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Est'd 1969
A reinvigorated Steeleye Span set their stall against an illustrious past with Est'd 1969 and it's up there with the...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Imrich
In 1979 Calum Martin released his first studio album. Fort years later, with the release of Imrich, Martin continues to...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
Arenig
Hailing from Snowdonia, the young singer, song collector and instrumentalist Gwilym Bowen Rhys was a member of rock band Y...
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Rhododendron
Topette!! are an Anglo-French dance band of great verve. It would be a curmudgeon of great resolve who could resist...
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Hetkessä
Finland is a country of many outstanding accordionists and Teija Niku is one of the newer figures on the scene....
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Ein Etter Mor
Raabygg are an adventurous trio of musicians who explore the folk music of southern Norway and, in particular, some of...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
The Fiery Margin
Few singers directly impugn deities or muse on the fickle frailties of human flesh in their songs these days. Indeed,...
Reviewed in issue December/2019
