REVIEWS IN ISSUE 96
Sylvain Barou Donal Lunny Padraig Rynne - Triad
Barrule - Barrule
Gren Bartley - Winter Fires
Eric Bogle With John Munro - A Toss Of The Coin
The Bowhill Players - The Joe Corrie Project
Brass Monkey - The Best Of Live 30th Anniversary Celebration
Ceolbeg - Collected
The Chair - The Road To Hammer Junkie
Hanz Araki & Kathryn Claire - A Winter Solstice Celebration
Hanz Araki & Kathryn Claire - As I Roved Out Songs Of Spring
Clannad - Christ Church Cathedral
Cathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby - Real World
Gavin Davenport - The Bone Orchard
Marie Fielding,T Orr, D Hennessey - An tra
Joe Lacky Gallacher - The leitrim Cake
Bella Hardy - Battleplan
Sayaka Ikuyama - Light
Landermason - Me,Him and the Can Crusher
Lumiere - My Dearest Dear
Bruce Molsky - If It Ain't Here When I Get Back
Niamh Ni Charra - Cuz A Tribute To Terry Cuz Teahan
Ni Uallachain,O'Connor & Wilkinson - Cosa gan Bhroga
Sean O'Driscoll - So There You Go
Dave Townsend And Gill Redmond - New Road To Alston
Roaring Forties - We Made The Steel
Alistair Russell & Chris Parkinson - A Glass And A Mile
Peggy Seeger - Pete Remembers Woody
Solas - Shamrock City
Christina Stewart - Haunting
Tyde - The Hidden Spoon
Various Artists - Celtic Airs & Reflective Melodies
Various Artists - The Complete Songs Of Robert Tannahill Vol 3
Vishten - Mosaik
Fred Pip Whiting - Old-time Hornpipes, Polkas and Jigs
Duncan Wood & Guests - Swarbtricks
Alice Wylde - Songs Of Old Appalachia
Allan Johnston - On The Muse
Issue 96 Book Reviews
Phil Heaton - Rapper The Miners Sword Dance of NE Eng
Ian Russell & Chris Goertzen - Routes & Roots
Karen Tweed & Dave Mallinson - The Piano Accordion Absolute Beginners
Roger Watson - English Ceilidh From The Roots
Issue 96 Web Reviews
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Donald Black - Dreams & Dances
Les Chauffeurs a Pieds - Les Chats Jaunes Ne Meurent Jamais
Locust Honey String Band - He Aint No Good
Duncan Lyall - Infinite Reflections
Kirsty McGee - Contraband
Modhan - The Admirals Fireworks
Carlos Nunez - Discover
Rannok - Dejodejo
Fraya Thomsen - Puirt Ura Air A' Chlarsaich
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 95
Cormac Breatnach - Ealu
Eamonn Coyne & Kris Drever - Story Map
Mary Dillon - North
The Dubliners - The Dubliners 50 Years
Joy Dunlop - Faileasan Reflections
Stevie Dunne - Banjo
Eamon Friel - The Streets Forget
Emmett Gill & Jesse Smith - The Rookery
Glencraig Scottish Dance Band - Old Time Dances
Mhairi Hall & Patsy Reid - Contours of Cairngorm Live
Stewart Hardy - Hawthorn's Sweeter Shade
Micheal Healy & Steve Cooney - Pleckin About
John Kirkpatrick - Every Mortal Place
Eric Linklater - Eric Linklater
The Loft singers - The Bedmaking
John & Tim Lyons - Easy & Bold
Sarah Matthews - As I Was Walking
Cass Meurig & Nial Cain - Oes I Oes
Ken Nicol - Historic events And Other Subjects
Oirialla - Oirialla
Cor Cuil Aodha & Peadar O Riada - Naomh Gobnait
Ed Pickford - Strange Lover Is A Coalmine
Stan Rogers - From Fresh Water
Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
Sgoil Chiuil Na Gaidhealtachd (various) - The Last Band Standing
Joseph Sobol - Citternity
Joe Tilston - Embers
Hadrians Union - In Your Own Time
Up In The Air - Moonshine
Various Artists - The Great Tapesstry Of Scotland
Various Artists - Celebrating Subversion
Various Artists - Gaelic Ireland
Chris While And Julie Matthews - Infinite Sky
Pete Seeger & Lorre Wyatt - A More Perfect Union
Martyn Wyndham-Read - Starlit Skies
Issue 95 Book Reviews
Eberhard Bort - At Hame Wi' Freedom
David Sutcliffe - The Keys Of Heaven
Dave Thomas - Harmony A Personal Approach
Gary West - Voicing Scotland Folk Culture Nation
Issue 95 Web Reviews
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Fil Campbell - A Place Of My Own
Jevan Cole & Jan Van Dijk - Sins Of A Li'l Later Kiss
Ducie - Mancunia
Summers Silvola Kvam - Mala Fama
Le Vent Du Nord - Tromper Le Temps
Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - Child Ballads
Heidi Talbot - Angels Without Wings
All Folk'd Up - All Folk'd Up
Various Artists - Folk Awards 2013
Riona Whyte - Bunachas
Woodwose - Dancing Stones
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 94
Peter Bellamy - Barrack-Room Ballads Of Rudyard Kipling
Broom Bezzums - Winterman
Duncan Chisholm - Affric
Cupola - Ivy
Blair Douglas - Leanaidh ( I Will Follow )
Joy Dunlop & Twelfth Day - Fiere
Kilmarnock Edition - Pay It Forward
James Findlay - Another Day Another Story
Caitlin Nic Gabhann - Caitlin
Hotwells Howlers - Love & Liberty
Nick Keir - The Edge Of Night
Kimber's Men - The Strength Of The Swell
Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac - Seinn
Jez Lowe - Heads Up
Jamie Smith's Mabon - Windblown
Kathleen MacInnes - Cille Bhride
Maeve Mackinnon - Once Upon An Olive Branch
Lauren McCormick - On Bluestockings
Millish - Millish
Michelle Mulcahy - Suaimhneas
Rab Noakes - Just In Case
Rab Noakes - Standing Up Again
Maz O'Connor - Upon A Stranger Shore
The Occasionals - Birling
Maddy Prior - 3 For Joy
Realta - Open The Door For Three
Stan Rogers - Turnaround
Stan Rogers - Between The Breaks Live
Session A9 - Session A9
Sharon Shannon & RTE Concert Orchestra - Flying Circus
The Shee - Murmurations
Show Of Hands - Wake The Union
Sisters Unlimited - No Change Of Heart
The Spiers Family - Oh Gin I Were There
Calum Stewart & Lauren MacColl - Wooden Flute & Whistle
Allan Taylor - Down The Years I Travelled
Kathryn Tickell - Northumbrian Voices
Richard Trethewey - Dig Where You Stand
Mike Vass - December Well
Matheu Watson - Dunrobin Place
Whapweasel - Festivalis
Issue 94 Book Reviews
Dave Arthur - Bert
Sophie Parkes - Wayward Daughter
Elizabeth Stewart - Up Yon Wide And Lonely Glen
Issue 94 Web Reviews
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Linda Bandelier & David Campbell - Ae Fond Kiss
Brendan Begley - Seana Choirce
Kate Denny - Closer To Home
Dogan And The Boom Box Karavan - Outlandish
The Doonans - The Mighty Doonans
Davy Graham - Anthology 1961-2007 Lost Tapes
Bert Jansch - Sweet Sweet Music
Old Man Luedecke - Tender Is The Night
Talitha MacKenzie - Spiorad
Duncan McCrone - Colour Blind
Mick Mulcahy - Agus Cairde
Peter Nardini - Hug
Micheal O Suilleabhain - Cry Of The Mountain
George Stevens - A Toad In The Hand
Dave Townsend - The Village Band Book Vol 3
Simon Bradley & Pearse Bradley - Buncrana To Baleshare
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 93
Alale - Breakfast In Mayo
Jess & Richard Arrowsmith - Customs & Exercise
Sylvain Barou - Sylvain Barou
Gren Bartley - Songs To Scythe Back The Overgrown
Bellowhead - Broadside
Mick Conneely & David Munnelly - Tis What It Is
Sean Corcoran Donal Maguire & Gerry Cullen - Louth Mouths From Drogheda
John Cronin & Daithi Kearney - Midleton Rare
Roger Davies - Songs In Plain English
Danny Diamond & Aki - Danny & Aki
Mick Doherty & Robert Zielinski - Out West
David Francey - Late Edition
David Francey - The First Set Live from Folk Alley
Ian Hardie - A Breath Of Fresh Airs
Bella Hardy - The Dark Peak and The White
Dave Harker - Gannin' To Blaydon Races
Various Artists - Gannin' To Blaydon Races
Craig Conway - Passin' The Folks Alang The Road
Horizontal Sunday - It's Complicated
Mary Humphries & Anahata - A Bakers Dozen
Nuala Kennedy - Noble Stranger
Lau - Race The Loser
Poles Part Too Qftry & Tom Lewis - The Song Goes On
William Lamb - Puirt-A-Beul
Lionel McClelland - To Wyle Us Hame
Ribbon Road - Roadside Dreams
Tony McMahon,Iarla O'Lionaird, Noel Hill - Aislingi Ceoil - Music Of Dreams
Scott Murray - Evenin's Fa'
Rachel Newton - The Shadow Side
Outside Track - Flash Company
Dana & Susan Robinson - American Hornpipe
Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar - The Queen's Lover
Silly Wizard - Live Again
Sketch - Shed Life
Savourna Stevenson - Tickled Pink
Various Artists - No Pasaran ( they shall not pass)
Various Artists - Cridhe Gu Cridhe
ISSUE 93 - WEB REVIEWS
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc - The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
The Churchfitters - Amongst the Green
Fairport Convention - And The Band Played On
Frigg - Polka V
The Halton Quartet - Based On True Events
Dave Hum - Celtic and Bluegrass 5 String Banjo
Macmaster/Hay - Hook
Alastair Savage - Secrets From The Kitty
Sprag Session - Sprag Session
Skirdechal - Folk On The Water
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 92
Altan - Gleann Nimhe - The Poison Glen
Maggie Boyle - Won't You Come Away
Malcolm Bushby - Islands
Calan - Jonah
The Campbells - Fonn
Kevin Crawford - Carrying The Tune
Tim Edey - The Best Of Tim Edey
The Spiers Family - Plenty Brass And A Bonny Lass
Grace Notes - 20
Rachel Hair Trio - No More Wings
Gerry Harrington - At Home
The House Devils - Crossing The Ocean
The Hut People - Picnic
Hannah James & Sam Sweeny - State Of Ancientry
Robb Johnson - Some Recent Protest Songs
Arthur Johnstone and the Stars Band - Doon Through The Years
Cathy Jordan - All The Way Home
At First Light - Idir
Lloyd MacDonald - Aires In Bloom
Gillie Mackenzie - Griais
Ewan McLellan - The Last Bird To Sing
Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys - Two Fine Days
Sarah McQuaid - The Plum Tree And The Rose
Jim Moray - Skulk
Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham - Well Dressed
Alistair Ogilvy - Leaves Sae Green
The Old Dance School - Chasing The Light
Emily Portman - Hatchling
Alan Reid & Rob van Sante - The Adventures Of John Paul Jones
Rura - Break It Up
Karen Ryan with Pete Quinn - The Coast Road
Chris Sarjeant - Heirlooms
Peggy Seeger - Live
Pete Shepherd,Tam Spiers & Arthur Watson - Over The Hills
Broken Strings - Halda
Bram Taylor - Jokers & Rogues
James Thomson & Chris Waite - Borders Young Pipers
Steve Turner - Rim Of The Wheel
Various Artists - Short Sharp Shanties Vol 3
Various Artists - A Highland Journey Vol 2
BOOK REVIEWS - ISSUE 92
Cathal McConnell - I Have Travelled This Country
Stephen Power - Traditional Notes
WEB REVIEWS - ISSUE 92 These are the reviews for Issue 92 which didn't fit in the magazine for space reasons and are published on the Internet only.
Silly Wizard - Live Again
The Albion Band - The Vice Of The People
Allan YN Y Fan - Pwnco
Andar - Storms
Duck Baker & Dakota Dave Hull - When you ask a girl to leave her happy home
Bayou Seco - Bouquet
Belzebuth - Suite 8
Martyn Bennett - Aye
Ciaran Boyle - Bright Flame
Sue Brown and Lorraine Irwing - The 13th Bedroom
Nick Burbridge & Tim Cotterell - Gathered
Russ Chandler - Last Night In Babylon
Contraband - Contraband
The Corndodgers - As Thieves Would
The Duplets - Leverage
Finbar Furey - Colours
Dave Gibb & Elly Lucas - Old Chairs To Mend
Lanarkshire Songwriters Group - From Blantyre To Barcelona
Delyth Jenkins - Llais
Kan - Sleeper
Lisa Knapp - Hunt The Hare - A Branch of May
Baz McSherry - The Looking Drawer
Ed Miller - Come Awa Wi Me
O'Hooley & Tidow - The Fragile
Sean O'Riada - The Essential Collection
The Once - Row Upon Row The People They Know
Pavlov's Cat - At The Races
The QP - Gateau de Boeuf
Ribbon Road - Roadside Dreams
TinderBox - Counting Time
Treacherous Orchestra - Origins
State Of The Union - State Of The Union
The Urban Folk Quartet - Off Beaten Tracks
Various Artists - Old Songs & Bothy Ballads
Johannes Schiefner - Watergrasshill
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 91
Albireo - Northern Cross
Breabach - Bann
Ian Bruce - Hits And Pieces
Derek Mcginley & Tara Connaghan - The Far Side Of The Glen
John Doyle - Shadow And Light
Elbow Jane - The Boldest Blood
Brian Friel - Karusell
Annie Grace - The Bell
Kieran Halpin - The Devil And His Dealing
Grainne Holland - Teanga Na nGael
La Bottine Souriante - Appellation D'Origine Controlle
Litha - Dancing Of The Light
The Long Notes - In The Shaddow Of Stromboli
Bruce Macgregor Christine Hanson * Frien - Kissin Is The Best Of A'
Gillebride MacMillan - Air Forladh On Leave
Magpie Lane - The Robber Bird
Donal McCague - Bits 'N' Pieces
Paul McGlinchey - The Boys Of The Town
Moore Moss Rutter - Moore Moss Rutter
Niamh Ni Charra.Ibon Koteron.Gav Ralston - The Basque Irish Connection
Anthony Robb - The Primitives
Leon Rosselson - The World Turned Upside Down
Simon Bradley Trio - Grogarry Lodge
Bill Smith - A Country Life songs & stories of a shro
Ian Smith - A Celtic Connection
Steeleye Span - Now We Are Six Again
Strawbs - Acoustic Gold
Triptych - Triptych
Karen Tweed - Essentially Invisible To The Eye
Various Artists - Stepping It Out Again
Various Artists - Music And Song From Scotland
John Wright - Empty Chairs
DVDs
The McCalmans - McCalmans (1964-2010)
BOOKS
Tis Sixty Years Since - The Scottish Folk Revival by Eberhard Bort - Tis Sixty Years Since
WEB REVIEWS - ISSUE 91 These are the reviews for Issue 91 which didn't fit in the magazine for space reasons and are published on the Internet only.
Blackbeard's Tea Party - Tomorrow We'll Be Sober
Mary Black - Stories From The Steeples
Oidhche Chiadain - Ciaradh
Dave Cousins and Brian Willoughby - Old School Songs
Ivan Drever - Bless The Wind
Dan Isaaccson - Dan Isaaccson's Simple System
Jigfoot - Nothing At All
Louise Jordan - Tempvs
John Kelly - For Honour & Promotion
Steve Lawrence - A Celtic Tapestry
Jim Lindsay & His Scttish Dance Band - Reel Of The Puffins
Moonshee - Moonshee
Noreen O'Donoghue - Strung Out
Paddy O'Brien - Mixing The Punch
Karine Polwart - Here's Where Tomorrow Starts
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston - Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston
Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy - Enthralled
Hans Theessink - Jedermann Remixed the soundtrack
Various Artists - Aye Spy
Various Artists - Ceolta Mhuscrai songs of muskerry
Various Artists - Voices In Scotland
Various Artists - The Irish Sea Sessions 2010
Various Artists - Folk Awards 2012
Zoox - Ups And Downs
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 90
Tom Acton - Down The Irish Gravel Road
Battlefield Band - Line Up
Beoga - How To Tune A Fish
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Walnut Creek (Live 1989-1996)
Ceilidhonia - Circadian Rhythms
Pete Coe - Tall Tailes
Fiona Cuthill & Stevie Lawrence - A Cruel Kindness
Luke Daniels - The Mighty Box
Barbara Dymock - Hilbert's Hotel
Tim Edey and Brendan Power - Wriggle and Writhe
The Kipper Family - Two Faced (Unreleased Gems)
Colin Farrell - On The Move
Donna Harkin - Tell It Like It Is
Kevin Henderson - Fin Da Laand Ageen
Home Service - Home Service Live 1986
Hilary James - English Sketches
Sid Kipper - Gutless
David Kosky & Damien O'Kane - The Mystery Inch
Robin Laing - Whisky For Breakfast
A.L. Lloyd - Bramble Briars And Beams Of The Sun
Tommy McCarthy - Round Top Wagon
Brian McNeill - The Road Never Questions The Best of
Mother Jones' Will - Nimrod Workman
Angus Nicholson Trio - Lasses That Baffle Us
Northern Lights - Darkness and Light
Michael O'Heidhin, Steve Cooney & Charlie Lennon - Ceol Sidhe
Danny O'Mahony - In Retropsect
Peatbog Faeries - Dust
Pilgrims' Way - Wayside Courtesies
Seudan - Seudan
Martin Simpson - Purpose & Grace
Daithi Sproule - Lost River Vol 1
Saffron Summerfield - Halcyon
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer - Stones On The Ground
Various Artists - Banquet Of Boxes
Various Artists - Cecil Sharp Project 2011
Various Artists - The Leitrim Equation 2
Jeff Warner - Long Time Travelling
Hedy West - Ballads And Songs From The Appalachians
WEB REVIEWS - The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
One Accord - Broadcast It O'er The Land
Wendy Arrowsmith - Life, Love And Chocolate
Qristina & Quinn Bachand - Family
Brock McGuire Band - Green Grass Blue Grass
Cheyenne Brown - Parallel Latitudes
Mairi Campbell - Mairi Campbell
Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello - Bosca Ceoil and Fiddle
Michael Coleman - Michael Coleman 1891-1945
Fairport Convention - More Things We Did On Our Holidays
Ann Joyce and John Carty - Meadbh The Crimson Path
Jim MacArdle, Eilis Quinn Mick Dunne - Madam I'd Like To Be Tossin Your Hay
Colm Mac Con Iomaire - The Hare's Corner
Many A Mickle - What Fortunes Guide A Sailor?
Briege Murphy - The Best Part Of The Day
Ian Pittaway - Lovers Beggars Soldiers Sailors
Chris Ricketts - Port of Escape
Riobo - Riobo
Shantalla - Turas
Stately Homes of England featuring Hunt Emmerson - Josephine
Chris Stout - Brazilian Theory Live In Concert
Sean Tyrrell, Kevin Glackin & Ronan Browne - And So The Story Goes
Various Artists - The Rough Guide To English Folk
BOOK REVIEWS
Ewan McVicar - A B C My Grannie Caught A Flea
Duncan Williamson - Land of the Seal People
Sheila Stewart - A Traveller's Life
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 89
Blazin' Fiddles - Thursday Night In The Caley
Cairdeas - The Thinner Line
Fil Campbell - Songbirds Part Two farewell to cold winter
John Carty & Brian Rooney - At Complete Ease
Jim Causley - Dumnonia
Nick Dow - My Love You've Won To Keep
Fling - A Ditch Near Cree
Adrian McAuliffe & Cathal Flood - Between The Strings
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas - Highlanders Farewell
Fribo - Happ
Genticorum - Nagez Rameurs
Harry Green and other singers from Essex - The Fox And The Hare
Guidewires - 11
Robb Johnson - Man Walks Into A Pub
John Kirkpatrick - God Speed The Plough
Jimmy Little And Friends - How Does It Gan?
Jim Malcolm - Sparkling Flash
Adam McCulloch - In These Times
Tom McElvogue & Paddy Kerr - The Long Hard Road
The Paul McKenna Band - Stem The Tide
George Murphy - Still In One Piece
The Old Swan Band - Swan For The Money
Ruth & Sadie Price - Rasp
Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright - The Speaking Heart
Alan Reid - Recollection
The Liam Robinson Band - Welcome Here Again
Stan Rogers - The Very Best Of
Sgoil Chiuil Na Gaidhealtachd (various) - Home Is Where The Coach Is
Various Artists - Songs and Ballads from Perthshire Field
Mike Vass - String Theory
Walsh & Pound - Walsh & Pound
John Ward - East Of The Sunrise
Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley - Idiom
FILM / DVD REVIEWS
Various Artists - Decendants
BOOK REVIEWS
John Munro - The Emigrant and The Exile
Ian Green - Fuzz to Folk - Trax of my Life
Borne On The Carrying Stream - The Legacy Of Hamish Henderson by Eberhard 'Paddy' Bort
WEBSITE REVIEWS - Issue 89
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Joe Aitken - Festival Favourites
Babelfish - International Disgrace
John & Ailsa Booth - Little Apples
John Bromley - From Higgin Chamber
Rosie Carson & Kevin Dempsey - Between The Distance
Shaun Davey - Voices From The Merry Cemetery
Catrin Finch - Annwin
Freya Abbott Ferguson - Get Well Soon
Alex Glasgow - Northern Drift ? Joe Lives!
Dave Goulder And Friends - A Gathering of Stones
Nigel Hammill - Here's To You
Lazik - Far Fetched
Le Vent DU Nord & Quebec Symphany Orches - Symphonique
Cynthia MacLeod - Riddle
Padraig Mac Niocaill - Mo Churachin
Morgan MacQuarrie with Gordon MacLean - Over The Cabot Trail
Martim Matthews - Autumn
Na-Mara - The Bite
Tickled Pink - Ceilidh
Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger - Fly Down Little Bird
Southern Tenant Folk Union - Pencaitland
Various Artists - Younger Than That Now
Various Artists - Folk Awards 2011
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 88
Sandy Brechin And Friends - The Sunday Night Sessions
Paul & Liz Davenport - Spring Tide Rising
Barbara Dickson - Words Unspoken
Sean Donnelly - The Winding Banks Of Erne
Celia Ni Fhatgarta - Celia Ni Fhatharta
James Findlay - Sport and Play
The Flying Toads - In Stitches
Edel Fox - Chords & Beryls
Glencraig Scottish Dance Band - Ah'm Askin
The Ironopolis Singers - Songs Of Ironopolis
Steve Knightley - Live In Somerset
Kenneth & Angus Mackenzie - Piob Is Fidheall
Peter McAlinden & Pete Quinn - Happy To Meet Sorry To Part
Robbie O'Connnell, Aoife & Donal Clancy - The Clancy Legacy
Brian O'hEadhra - An T-Allt
Brian Peters - Gritstone Serenade
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band - Vaughan Williams Carols Songs & Hymns
Bonnie Rideout - Harlaw - Scotland 1411
Kate Rusby - Make The Light
Matt Seattle - Reivers Of The Heart
Session A9 - One For The Road
Dave Sheridan - Drivin' Leitrim Timber
Emily Smith - Traiveller's Joy
Various Artists - Future Trad Collective
Various Artists - Songs of Sandy Wright
Various Artists - Oak Ash Thorn
Various Artists - Eilean Mo Ghaoil The Music of Arran
Various Artists - Davy Steele The Show
Windy Gyle Band - Force 6
Winter Wilson - Milestones
BOOKS REVIEWS IN ISSUE 88
The Imagined Village by Georgina Boyes - The Imagined Village
Working Songs by Roy Palmer - Working Songs
WEBSITE REVIEWS - Issue 88
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Roger Cooper - Essence Of Old Kentucky
Art Galbraith - Dixie Blossoms
Donncha O Briain - Irish Traditional Music On Tin Whistle
Ray Padgett - Traditionalist English Songs
Sara-Jane Summers - Highland Strathpeys For The Fiddle
Scottish Music Of The RSAMD - The Future Of Our Past
The Outside Track - Curious Things Given Wings
Jon Harvison - Still Water
Anna-Wendy Stevenson - My Edinburgh
Jonathan Day - Carved In Bone
Peadar O'Lochlainn & Aggie Whyte - Seancheol Ar An Seannos
Maire Ni Choilm - Nuair A Theid Se Fan Chroi
Steph Geremia - The Open Road
Monster Ceilidh Band - Mechanical Monster
No Crows - On The Moon
Evening Star - One
Ciaran Dorris - Home
The Shoe String Band - The Shoe String Band
Mr Ho's Orchestrotica - The Unforgettable Sounds Of Esquivel
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 87
Pete Coe - Backbone
Niamh Ni Charra - Happy Out
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - Wotcheor!
Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller - Shadows Tall
The Kane Sisters - Side By Side
Tim Laycock - Sea Strands
Matheu Watson - Matheu Watson
Ken Langsbury - And Then It Happened
Colum Sands & Maggie MacInnes - The Seedboat
Christy Leahy & Caoimhin Vallely - Christy Leahy & Caoimhin Vallely
Roy Bailey - Tomorrow
Shauna Mullin - Wishing Tree
Rob Say - O'er Lang At The Fair
The Shee - Decadence
May Bradley - Sweet Swansea
Stevie Dunne - About Time
Chris & Siobhan Nelson - Early Birds
Mike Vass & Dave Wood - Wait What?
Various Artists - All Along The Wall
Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry, Nodlaig Brolly - Stringtones
Various Artists - Celtic Colours XIV
Mick Ryan & Paul Downes - Away In The West
Gavin Pennycook - Celtic Nyckelharpa
Gavin Davenport - Brief Lives
Finest Kind - For Honour And For Gain
Various Artists - The Battle Of Prestonpans
Chris Newman - Still Getting Away With It
Jenna & Bethany Reid - Escape
Mabon - Live At The Grand Pavilion
Danu - Seanchas
George Papavgeris - Looking Both Ways
Emily Portman - The Glamoury
Laoise Kelly - Ceis
Cara - Long Distance Love
Andy Irvine - Abocurragh
Enoch Kent - Take A Trip With Me
Tattie Jam - Jam
Brendan Begley & Caoimhim O Raghallaigh - A Moment Of Madness
Tony Reidy - Hayshed Days
Lorne MacDougall - Hello World
WEBSITE REVIEWS - Issue 87
The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Tim Eriksen - Soul Of The January Hills
Twa Folk - Twyned
Edel Fox - Chords And Beryls
Churchfitters - Sing
Niall Teague & The Fast Company - Niall Teague & The Fast Company
Fraser Nimmo - The Best Of Five And A Wee Bit Live
Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Music For The Kilted Generation
Mairead Ni Fhlatharta - O Chaon Taobh
Liam Robinson - Muddy Banks
Yr Hwntws - Gwentian
Gillian Boucher - Elemental
Various Artists - Selected Recordings From The Willie Clancy Summer School 2008
Seamus Begley & Tim Edey - Disgrace Notes
Gwenan Gibbard - Sidan Glas
Lyy - Lyy
Maggie Sansone - Wind Drift
Book Reviews coming soon!!
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 86
422 - Go Forth
Carol Anderson & Martin MacDonald - Single Track Road Trip
Blowzabella - Dance
Buffalo Gals - Won't get trouble in mind
John Conolly - The Grumpy old men of old england
Ray Cooper - Tales of Love War & Death by Hanging
The Dartry Ceili Band - The Killavil Post
Ember - Full Circle
Rita Gallagher - The May Morning Dew
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - Up From The Deep
Len Graham - Joe Holmes Here I Am Amongst You All
Alex Hodgson - Jeelie Jars 'n' Coalie Backies
Ken Campbell's Ideal Band - Ken Campbell's Ideal Band
A.L. Lloyd - An Evening With A L Lloyd
Ali'Beg MacLeod & Kevin MacLeod - Braes Of Badentarbat
Rua MacMillan - Tyro
Ewan McLellan - Rags & Robes
Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre - Where Ravens Reel
John McSherry - Soma
Gabe McVarish, - Eclection
Diarmaid and Donncha Moynihan - The Lights Of Ranzanico
The Old Dance School - Forecast
Old Blind Dogs - Wherever Yet May Be
The London Lasses & Pete Quinn - By Night & By Day
Ewan Robertson - Some Kind of Certainty
Saltfishforty - Netherbow
Lissa Schneckenburger - Dance
Skerryvore - Skerryvore
Donald Stewart & Chris Boland - Long Time Getting Here
Catriona McKay & Chris Stout - White Nights
Three Mile Stone - Three Mile Stone
Kathryn Tickell - The Best Of Kathryn Tickell
Various Artists - Border Tunesmiths
Various Artists - Songs and Tunes From The Leigh Folk Fest
Le Vent Du Nord - La Part Du Feu
Chris While And Julie Matthews - Hitting The Ground Running
Roisin White - With Thanks
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll - Beneath the Black Tree
Various Artists- Autour De La Guitare Celtique
BOOKS
Len Graham - Joe Holmes Here I am Amongst you All
John Kirkpatrick - Jump at the Sun
Peter Wood - The Elliots Of Birtley
ISSUE 86 WEB REVIEWS The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
The Askews & Craig Morgan & Robson - The Axford Five
Harry Bradley & Michael Clarkson - The Pleasures of Hope
Calan - Bling
Fil Campbell - Songbirds
Coyne, Mac Carthaigh & Keenan - Pipers Choice Vol 3
Faran Flad - Maiden Voyage
The House Devils - Irish Folk - Adieu To Old Ireland
Kila - Soisin
Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy - Reelin in Tradition
Sean Potts - Number 6
Oliver Schroer - Freedom Row
Emily Spiers - The Half Moon Lovers
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer - Gleowien
Teada - Music & Memory
Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Scottish Folk
Various Artists - Transatlantic Sessions 4 Vol 2
Various Artists - Trades Roots Live
Seth Lakeman - Hearts And Minds
Kieran Halpin - A Box Of Words And Tunes
REVIEWS IN ISSUE 85
2 Duos - Until the cows come home
Breabach - The Desperate Battle of the birds
Mairearad Green - Passing Places 'Live at Celtic Connections'
Cass Meurig & Nial Cain - Deuawd
Various Artists - Complete Songs of Robert Tannahill Vol 2
Brian McNeill - The Baltic tae Byzantium
Daimh - Diversions
The McCalmans - The Greentrax Years
The Three City Four - Smoke & Dust
Caladh Nua - Happy Days
Beoga - The Incident
Karan Casey & John Doyle - Exiles Return
Brian Finnegan - The Ravishishing Genius of Bones
Pur - The Lassies' Reply
Wendy Weatherby - A Shirt of Silk or Snow
Joe Topping - Ghosts in the Shaddows
Lizzie Nunnery - Company of Ghosts
Geraldine Bradley - From The Rising Spring
Tyde - Tyde
Marianne Green - Dear Irish Boy
Fairport Convention - Live At Cropredy
Coope, Boyes & Simpson - As If
Steeleye Span - Cogs, Wheels and Lovers
Rachel Davis - Rachel Davis
Alan Reid & Rob van Sante - The Rise and Fall O' Charlie
Orion - Strawberry Town
Colum Sands - Look Where I've ended up now
Barbara Dymock & Christine Kydd - Sinsheen
Dave Swarbrick - Raison d'etre
Mairearad Green & Anna Massie - Mairearad & Anna
Rory McLeod - Swings and Roundabouts
Dana & Susan Robinson - Big Mystery
Martin Simpson - True Stories
Michael McGoldrick - Aurora
Various Artists - Many a Good Horseman
Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan - Adoon Winding Nith
Issy & David Emeney - The Waiting
English Rebellion - Four Accross
Lynn Heraud & Pat Turner - Tickled Pink
Dervish - 21 years From Stage To Stage
ISSUE 85 WEB REVIEWS The following reviews were not able to be published in this issue of the magazine for space reasons.
Elsie's Band - Cutaway Mike
Chrissy Crowley - The Departure
Stuart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin - Compass
Stuart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin - Roots 2
Joannie Madden - Pride of New York
Grada - Natural Angle
Solas - The Turning Tide
Megson - The Longshot
Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys - Light up all the Beacons
The Queensberry Rules - Take your own roads
Birkin Tree - Virginia
Donald Grant - The Way Home
Fiddlers' Bid - All Dressed in Yellow
Landermason - Tree of Souls
Lauren MacColl - Strewn with ribbons
Fairport Convention - Fame and Glory
Lau - Arc Light
Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley - Lucy Wan
Dan Possumato - Pulling Out The Stops
Garry Innes & Ewan Robertson - Shouts
Kerfuffle - Lighten the Dark (a midwinter album)
Skipinnish - Live from the Ceilidh House
Eilidh Mackenzie - Bel Canto
Little Johnny England - Tournament of Shadows
The Albion Dance Band - Rockin Barn Dance
The Albion Band - Natural and Wild
Euphonia - The Old Jawbone
Belshazzar's Feast - Frost Bites
Reviewed in Issue 84
Andy Wall - Wall to Wall
Rallion - One for Sorrow
Various Artists - There was a Lad
Archie McAllister - A Fiddler's Tapestry
Spiro - Lightbox
Give Way - Lost in This Song
Various Artists - People and Songs of the Sea
Fiona Mackenzie - A Good Suit of Clothes
Paul Anderson - Home & Beauty
The Poozies - Yellow Like Sunshine
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy - Ceol Aduaidh
Roy Bailey MBE - Below the Radar
John Wynne - Like the Wind
Liam Kelly - Sweet Wood
Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy - Reelin in Tradition
Sile Ni Fhlaithearta - Is Duitse a Bheirim Gra
Holly Geraghty & Jonathan Roche - Ceolmhar
Battlefield Band - Zama Zama - Try Your Luck
Mick Moloney - If it was'nt for the Irish and the Jews
Catherine Fraser & Duncan Smith - RHYMES & REASONS
The Imagined Village - Empire & Love
The Unthanks - Here's the Tender Coming
Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley - Boundary
Andy May - Happy Hours
Sara Grey - Sandy Boys
Ken Campbell's Ideal Band - Ken Campbell's Ideal Band
Sam Pirt & Gary Hammond - Home is Where the Hut Is
Fidil 3 - Fidil3
John Kirkpatrick - The Dance of the Demon Daffodils
Anne Lister - A Twist in the Story
Gina Le Faux - In my life
Monster Ceilidh Band - Make me a dancer
Wendy Stewart and Gary West - Hinterlands
Ruth Notman - The Life of Lilly
Grainne Hambly & William Jackson - Music from Ireland and Scotland
Aidan O'Rourke - An Tobar
Chris Wood. - Albion an Athology
Olov Johansson & Catriona McKay - Foogy
The Oysterband - Oxford Girl and other Stories
John Swayne - Zephyrus-English Suite
Alistair McCulloch - Four Seasons in one day
Craig Morgan Robson - Hummingbird's Feather
Rosie Stewart - On the Leitrim Mountainside
Allan Taylor - Leaving at Dawn
Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla - Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla
Julie Fowlis - Uam - From me
Steamchicken - Calling all Chickens
Jackie Oates - Hyperboreans
Brass Monkey - Head of Steam
Ed Miller - Lyrics of Gold
Mary Humphries & Anahata - Cold Fen
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer - Gleowien
The Askews & Craig Morgan & Robson - The Axford Five
Various Artists - Generosity Folk for M.S.
Roger Watson - Past and Present
Rattle On The Stovepipe - No Use in Cryin
Various Artists - From a Garden of Songs
John Jones - Rising Road
Taran - Catraeth
Reviewed in Issue 83
Various Artists - The Music & Song of Edinburgh
The Paul McKenna Band - Between Two Worlds
Jean Redpath - Will ye no come back again
The McCalmans - Coming Home
Brian McGrath - Pure Banjo
Clive Gregson - The Best of Clive Gregson
Cara Dillon - Hill of Thieves
Various Artists - The Green Fields of America
Liz Carroll & John Doyle - Double Play
Brendan Mulholland - Tuned Up
Damien Barber & Mike Wilson - Under The Influence
Graham & Sam Pirt - Dance ti' Thee Daddy
Mike Silver - How Many Rivers
MacLaine Colston & Saul Rose - Sand and Soil
Phil Hardy - Revisited
Various Artists - Gathering Legends of Folk Rock
Marianna McCloskey - At Last
Ken Nicol - Initial Variations
John McCusker - Under One Sky
Liam O'Connor & Sean Mckeon - Dublin Made Me
The New Scorpion Band - Master Marenghi's music machine
Robin Williamson - Just Like The River& other Songs
The QP - Intro
Dan Milner with Guest Artists - Irish Pirate Ballads
Liz Law & Terry Conway - Of Riots and Rabbits
Luke Plumb with James Mackintosh - A Splendid Nation
Reelan - The Crooked Picture
Bellowhead - Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
Mick Ryan - The Navvy's Wife
Various Artists - Original Transatlantic Sessions
Kathy Jordan Rick Epping & Seamie O'Dowd - Music from the Atlantic Fringe
Bill Murray - Down'pon Ole Dartymoor
Uiscedwr - Fish Cat Door
Christy Moore - Listen
Reviewed in Issue 82
Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger at 89
Bob Fox & Stu Luckley - Thirty Years On
Cairdeas - Autumn
Bruce Macgregor - Sonas
Tony McManus - The Makers Mark
Len Graham - In Full Flight
Phil Hulse - Unpredicted Storm
Dave Goulder - The Golden Days of Steam
Kirsty McGee - The Kansas Sessions
John Offord - John of the Green - The Cheshire Way
Chris Bennett - Historical & Political Ballads & Songs
Boo Hewerdine - Toy Box No2
Michael Morpurgo - On Angel Wings
Robbie Hannan - The Tempest
Various Artists - Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy
Tom Bliss - The Whisper
Various Artists - Now More Than Ever,Here More Than Anywhe
Harem Scarem - Storm in a Teacup
Patsy Reid - Bridging the Gap
Jane & Amanda Threlfall - Revisited
Ronan Martin - Ronan Martin
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