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Review of Zvony

Zvony

Adrian Myhr & Michaela Antalová

Hevhetia

Rating: ★★

This is a duo recording of Slovak and Norwegian flutes with double bass. The flutes, played by Michaela Antalová, are...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022

Review of The World and All That It Holds

The World and All That It Holds

Damir Imamović

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★

There are some critics out there – and I am not one – who maintain that Damir Imamović is heir...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023

Review of Full Attack, With Sudden Defences

Full Attack, With Sudden Defences

The Magic Tombolinos

Inclusionism Records

Rating: ★★★★

Things gets off to a compelling start with ominous double bass, loose splashy drums, and a snatch of film noir-ish...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Bi Cinnete Bakar

Bi Cinnete Bakar

Lalalar

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★

While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2022

Review of BKXS

BKXS

Jan Van Angelopoulos & Fotis Siotas

Mr Vertigo

Rating: ★★★

This is one of the more adventurous albums I’ve come across recently, and one which is based on arguably one...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024

Review of Furie

Furie

Alicia Edelweiss

Glitterhouse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Something of an anomaly in this magazine but also on the pop scene, Anglo-Austrian singer Alicia Edelweiss is one of...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025

Review of Live in San Francisco

Live in San Francisco

Ry Cooder & Famosos Corridos

Top of the World

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, which looks as impressive as its name, is one of the closest things to...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Barefoot in Bryophyte

Barefoot in Bryophyte

Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Already a fan, I was lucky enough to see the first public outing of this project in Voss Jazz Festival...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: September/2024

Review of Hireth

Hireth

Tanya Brittain

TRC Music

Rating: ★★★★

A few accordion notes conjure the scene. Noir. Tanya Brittain makes her entrance: a wronged woman, bent on revenge. ‘Don’t...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2020

Review of Seasons of Change

Seasons of Change

Tom Kitching

Talking Cat

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in Staffordshire's 19th-century Danebridge Methodist Chapel with guest players including Norway's Marit Fält (Vamm) on Nordic mandola and cittern...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

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