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Review of Inner Rhyme

Inner Rhyme

Layale Chaker & Sarafand

Top of the World

In a Circle Records

Rating: ★★★★★

French-Lebanese composer and violinist Layale Chaker's debut album, Inner Rhyme, which took two years to compose between Beirut, Paris and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2019

Review of 3 Almonds and a Walnut

3 Almonds and a Walnut

Roshi featuring Pars Radio

GEO Records

Rating: ★★★

The second album from the partnership of Welsh-Iranian singer-songwriter Roshi Nasehi and electronic musician Graham Dowdall picks up where debut...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2013

Review of Milyakburra

Milyakburra

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from her impressive 2016 debut EP Black Smoke, Emily Wurramara's first full album sees her continuing to grow...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018

Review of The Full English

The Full English

The Full English

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album is one segment of an ambitious project from the EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society), drawing together...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of An Evening With

An Evening With

Nancy Kerr & James Fagan

Little Dish Records

Rating: ★★★

To celebrate more than 20 years as a duo, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan opted not for some studio compilation...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of 3

3

Ngaiire

Dot Dash/Majestic Casual

Rating: ★★★

For her third album, Papua New Guinea-born, Australia-based singer Ngaiire (pronounced Ny-rie) digs deep into personal stories from her unusual...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord

Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord

Alistair Anderson | Ewan MacColl | Jackie Daly | Louis Killen | Peter Bellamy | Scan Tester | The McPeake Family

Topic TSCD126

Rating: ★★★★

Topic continue to mark their 70th anniversary with the release of seven classic albums from their catalogue in sumptuously packaged...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Mani Sicure

Mani Sicure

Tammurianti World Project

Soundfly

Rating: ★★

This is the first consumer release for the international market by the long-standing duo of Emidio Ausiello and Michele Maione,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2022

Review of The Ladies at Joe Gibbs

The Ladies at Joe Gibbs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013

Review of Smile of Sun: Folk Music from Lorestan

Smile of Sun: Folk Music from Lorestan

Nezam Rajabzadeh

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★

Lorestan is an area of western Iran with its own language and culture; it's a region celebrated for its kamancheh...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2014

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