Debbie Koritsas lives in Yorkshire, England. She works in human resources, having earlier read French, Spanish and Portuguese at Birmingham University. Besides contributing to Rambles.NET, she writes for The Living Tradition Magazine and occasionally for Songlines Magazine and other outlets.

She is mad about Celtic and European culture and enjoys the music, literature, language and cinema of many countries, especially the UK, France, Spain and Portugal. She has a strong interest in Celtic music, the Gaelic song of the Scottish Western Isles, the structures of jazz and the craft of the singer-songwriter. She also has a growing enthusiasm for world music -- particularly Eastern European, Middle Eastern, Asian and Latin American.

She has many other interests, including helping with her local arts/music festival, photography and enjoying nature/wildlife.

Reviews by Debbie include:

Bachue
• The Butterfly

Back of the Moon
• Luminosity

Freeland Barbour
• Winter's Journey

Kuljit Bhamra & Shan Chana
• Himalaya Dawn

Blazin' Fiddles
• The Old Style

Brolum
• The Fair Face I Never Saw

Rosie Brown
• Clocks & Clouds

Steve Byrne
• Songs From Home

Capercaillie
• Live in Concert

Karan Casey
• Distant Shore

Jen Chapin
• Linger

Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Look

Abdullah Chhadeh & Nara
• Seven Gates

Chris Cortez
• Hold It Right There

Jacqui Dankworth
• Detour Ahead

Mat Dickson
• The Keeper's Log

The Dunedin Consort
• Silhouette

Earth-Wheel-Sky-Band
• Waltz Rromano

Fraser Fifield
• Honest Water

Fine Friday
• Mowing the Machair

Fire in the Glen
• Let the Wind Blow High

Flook
• Haven

Bob Fox
• Borrowed Moments

Bebel Gilberto
• self-titled

Tim Gorman
• Celtic Loop

Phamie Gow
• Dancing Hands

Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny
• Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)

Ayako Hotta-Lister
• The Japanese Koto

The Iron Horse
• The Wind Shall Blow for Ever More

Jethro Tull
• Broadsword & the Beast

Benji Kirkpatrick
• Half a Fruit Pie

Mary Jane Lamond
• Storas

Last Night's Fun
• Tempered

The Rob Levit Trio
• Uncertain Path

Jennifer Licko & Alan Chapman
• Language of the Gaels

Yvonne Lyon
• Fearless

Fiona Mackenzie & Arthur Cormack
• Seinn! O Ho Ro Seinn!

Laura MacKenzie
• Laura & the Lads

Karen Matheson
• Downriver
• The Dreaming Sea

Michael McGoldrick
• Fused
• Wired

Pat Metheny
• One Quiet Night

David Milligan Trio
• Late Show

Ross Milligan
• Passing Places

Oi Va Voi
• Laughter Through Tears

Aidan O'Rourke
• Sirius

Dean Owens
• My Town

Eddi Reader
• Sings the Songs of Robert Burns

TJ Rehmi
• The Warm Chill

Bonnie Rideout
• Soft May Morn

James Ross
• James Ross

The Scottish Power Pipe Band
• Cathcart

Mary Smith
• Sgiath Airgid

Mindy Smith
• One Moment More

Sunhoney
• November

Tango Siempre
• Tangled

Kenneth Thomson
• Seoladh Dhachaigh

Kathryn Tickell & Corrina Hewat
• The Sky Didn't Fall

various artists
• Accordeons: Bretonne Attitude
• Glorious Scotland

Greg Walker
• Straight from the Source 1
• Straight from the Source 2


Ben Buxton
• Mingulay: An Island & its People

Mairi Hedderwick
• An Eye on the Hebrides: An Illustrated Journey

Milan Kundera
• Ignorance

Norman MacCaig
• Selected Poems, edited by Douglas Dunn

Margaret Fay Shaw
• From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides: An Autobiography

R.S. Thomas
• The Poetry of R.S. Thomas, edited by Anthony Thwaite


Cambridge Folk Festival

Abdullah Chhadeh, with Nara

Celtic Connections, Day 1

Celtic Connections, Day 2

Celtic Connections, Day 3

Jacqui Dankworth & Band

Flook

The Gathering: A Celebration of Traditional Irish Music & Arts

Jools Holland & His R&B Band

Rebecca Hollweg, with Andy Hamill

Lunasa

Karen Matheson & the Scottish Ensemble

John McCusker

Mike McGoldrick, Eamonn Coyne, John Joe Kelly & Ed Boyd, with Des Hurley

Kate Rusby & Friends

Kate Rusby Band

The Emily Smith Band

KT Tunstall & Band

Warsaw Village Band


Julie Fowlis: staying true to her Hebridean roots

Alyth McCormack: Hebridean singer/actress gets back to basics


Kate Rusby, Live in Leeds

Pride & Prejudice

Skye: The Movie