Reviews

In a Lifetime

Clannad

Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology,...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Klingra

Afenginn

In Old Norse afenginn means ‘intoxication and strength’ and it's the name adopted by the musical collective around Danish composer...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Pill Pilots

Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

Bristol-based guitarist Hawes and fiddler Catlow have worked over the years with the likes of Seth Lakeman, Afro Celt Sound...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Light Ida Lum

Haltadans

In the grand tradition of the currently inactive Fiddler's Bid, whose Maurice Henderson features in this group's three-fiddle frontline, Haltadans...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Unearth Repeat

Sam Sweeney

Following on from his Island Records’ debut, The Unfinished Violin, England's premier fiddler releases a small band album with a...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Frixx

Frigg

The double X of the Finnish fiddlers' album title has nothing to do with the content; rather, it is a...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Dúchas

Damien O'Reilly

Button accordionist O'Reilly stays close to home in his first solo outing on disc with material drawn from his native...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Nani

Emmi Kujanpää

Nani is the debut album from Finnish folk musician and researcher Emmi Kujanpää. An avid enthusiast of Finnish and Bulgarian...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Wild Games

Vedan Kolod

There's a rugged earthiness and authenticity about Vedan Kolod. The name in old Russian means ‘Prophetic Tree’, although as a...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Decade

Fidil

This new effort from the Irish string trio sees them return with an impressive display of fiddle music based around...

Reviewed in issue May/2020