Reviews

From the Ground

Laura-Beth Salter & Ali Hutton

Nature now can be attributed as a band member on albums and songs, and it should see royalties pour down...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

All You Need is Death

Ian Lynch

All You Need is Death is the first cinematic soundtrack from Lankum’s Ian Lynch. The film of the same name...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Gordan

Gordan

The members of Gordan are Serbian singer Svetlana Spajić, Austrian percussionist Andi Stecher and German bassist and electronics specialist Guido...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Birds

Vedan Kolod

A strange, compelling concept album from a family folk trio from Siberia who are deservedly well-known across Russia. Vedan Kolod...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Lúireach

Landless

Landless are a female vocal quartet – Ruth Clinton, Sinéad Lynch, Méabh Meir, Lily Power – newly into their second...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Withershins

Jamie Dickson

Withershins is the debut solo album from Glastonbury-based guitarist Jamie Dickson. A homage to British folk guitar legends such as...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

And Even the Sheep Shall Dance / A Little Bit Slanted (with Molly Donnery) / Tales of Colonsay (with Jessie Summerhayes)

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The Ciderhouse Rebellion must be the most prolific outfit in folk...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Live in Kyoto

Lúnasa

Serving up ten tracks of previously unrecorded material captured in situ before an audience, Live in Kyoto can’t be faulted...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana

Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana

Now here’s an intriguing album. Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana is an impressive experimental guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Italy who has built...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Halocline

Malin Lewis

What a blessing that we’ve come into a time of celebration and experimentation for the humble Scottish smallpipes and border...

Reviewed in issue July/2024