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2021
Review
Gráinne Brady
Newcomer
Review
Jim Causley
Devonshire Roses
Review
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson
Hunter
Review
Fraser Fifield
Piobaireachd/Pipe Music
Review
Brian Finnegan
Hunger of the Skin
Review
Ian Fontova
Tales of Olden - Vol. 1
Review
Gadarene
Butchers of Bristol
Review
Granny’s Attic
The Brickfields
Review
Honey and the Bear
Journey through the Roke
Review
Paul Hutchinson
Petrichor
Review
Kathryn Locke with Chodompa Music
LA
Review
James Lindsay
Torus
Review
Duncan Lyall
Milestone
Review
Nick Metcalf
Out of the Ashes
Review
Bethan Nia
Ffiniau
Review
Ninebarrow
A Pocket Full of Acorns
Review
Old Blind Dogs
Reimagined
Review
Painted Sky
The Unquiet Grave
Review
Graham Rorie
The Orcadians of Hudson Bay
Review
Anna Tam
Anchoress
Review
Teyr
Estren
Review
The Ciderhouse Rebellion
The Whitby Rose
Review
The Ciderhouse Rebellion
Genius Loci 1 - White Peak
2020
Review
Ross Ainslie
Vana
Review
Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
Symbiosis III
Review
Andy May Trio
Big Boots to Fill - A Tribute to the Shepherds
Review
Andy May Trio
Just a Second
Review
Brown Boots
First Steps
Review
Daimh
Stopped in Our Tracks
Review
David Foley & Jack Smedley
Time to Fly
Review
Far Flung Collective
Black Bay
Review
Marie Fielding
The Spectrum Project
Review
Benjamin Fitzgerarld
The Cottage
Review
Chris Gray
Chris Gray
Review
Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach
Live in Concert
Review
David Grubb
Nano
Review
James Harper
Culzean
Review
Harriet Riley & Alex Garden
Sonder
Review
Ewen Henderson
Steall
Review
John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick
John Doyle & Mike McGoldrick
Review
Caroline Keane
Shine
Review
Kevin Henderson & Neil Pearlman
Burden Lake
Review
Ali Levack
My Notes-Volume 1
Review
Calum McIlroy
This Ill Deeds
Review
Luc McNally
Night Off
Review
Ross Miller
The Roke
Review
Benedict Morris
In Sight
Review
Hamish Napier
The Woods
Review
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh
Thar Toinn/Seaborn
Review
Tom Oakes
Streams Volume 1
Review
Will Pound
A Day Will Come
Review
Project SMOK
Bayview
Review
Kate Rusby
Hand Me Down
Review
Skerryvore
Live Across Scotland
Review
Becky Taylor
Tune Chaser
Review
The Rowan Amber Mill
Golden Strings to Tether the Sun
Review
Thorpe & Morrison
Saffron’s Well
Review
Michael Walsh
Quarehawk
Review
Pat Walsh
Simply Whistle
Review
Wilde Roses
Woven
2019
Review
Albeon
Moorland Tales
Review
Brìghde Chaimbeul
The Reeling
Review
Chris Elliott & Caitlin Jones
Carry Me Home
Review
Counters Creek
The Careful Placement of Stones
Review
The Dovetail Trio
Bold Champions
Review
Edgelarks
Feather
Review
Faustus
Cotton Lords
Review
Flook
Ancora
Review
From the Ground
Beginnings
Review
Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach
Air Iomall
Review
Jarlath Henderson
Raw
Review
Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson
A Moment in Time
Review
Kirkwall City Pipe Band
Rocks and Salty Water
Review
David Mitchell & Graham Vincent
The Preservation of Fire
Review
Llio Rhydderch
Sir Fôn Bach
Review
Kate Rusby
Philosophers, Poets & Kings
Review
Tannara
Strands
Review
Threepenny Bit
King Ahtu
Review
Traditional Music and Song Association
Young Trad Tour 2018
2018
Review
Bene & Cormac
Wavelength
Review
Glymjack
Light The Evening Fire
Review
Maeve Mackinnon
Strì
Review
Hamish Napier
The Railway
Review
Solasta
A Cure For The Curious
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