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Review of Lost Maps & Long Barrows

Lost Maps & Long Barrows

Shipwreck Orchestra

Shipwreck Orchestra

Rating: ★★★

Shipwreck Orchestra is the recording project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Miller, who not only wrote and arranged all the...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of La Noche

La Noche

Radio Tarifa

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Radio Tarifa were one of the great Spanish bands of the 90s, their blend of Spanish, North African and medieval...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of This is the Place

This is the Place

Hartwin

Trad Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Hartwin is diatonic accordionist Hartwin Dhoore, here joined by violinist Pavel Souvandjiev and cellist Flavia Escartin, balancing the worlds of...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of Soundscapes of Nicosia

Soundscapes of Nicosia

Nābu Pēra

Zero Nove Nove

Rating: ★

Nābu Pēra are a trio from the Greek Cypriot capital Nicosia on vibraphone (Natasa Hadjiandreou), flute (Demetris Yiasemides), frame-drum (Savvas...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of Cosán Casta

Cosán Casta

Aoife Ní Bhriain & Cormac McCarthy

Ceirníní Casta

Rating: ★★★★

Cosán Casta means ‘winding path’, an apt title for this collaboration between fiddle player Aoife Ní Bhriain and pianist Cormac...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of Mareld

Mareld

Mojna | MOJNA

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

There are bears and boats here, gusts of wind, a drooping cigarette, though you don’t really need to know the...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of A’ Chailleach

A’ Chailleach

Kim Carnie

Càrn Records

Rating: ★★★★

Gaelic singer Kim Carnie’s A’ Chailleach is, to quote, “a concept record rooted in female folklore, spell work and hidden...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of Engrained

Engrained

The English Fiddle Ensemble

Selwyn Music

Rating: ★★★★

A purist’s delight. This is a debut album from a quartet of English fiddlers, all with firm reputations on the...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of O Fado

O Fado

Lina_ & Marco Mezquida

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

This is Portuguese singer Lina_’s second album in a matter of months. And it is not a bad call. After...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

Review of The Jackdaw Sessions

The Jackdaw Sessions

Triptic

Triptic

Rating: ★★★★

Rising from the ashes of the legendary Moishe’s Bagel, Triptic (Greg Lawson on fiddle, Mario Caribé on double bass and...

Reviewed in issue January/2026

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