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Review of Never Slow Down

Never Slow Down

The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

In the fall of 2019, when The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys made their Grand Ole Opry debut, their third album, Toil,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2022

Review of Buan

Buan

Danú

Top of the World

Danú

Rating: ★★★★

A long five years after Seanchas, album number eight from Danú arrives in time to celebrate their 20th anniversary in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet

Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet

Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet

Adventure Music

Rating: ★★★★

With this latest entry in his Adventure Music catalogue, mandolin maestro Mike Marshall and the renowned Turtle Island Quartet have...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2014

Review of The Iqrit Files

The Iqrit Files

Checkpoint 303

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★★

The Palestinian refugee camps of the Middle East are a hotbed of musical creativity, although there are few outlets for...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015

Review of Burning Inspiration

Burning Inspiration

Royal Sounds

Sugar Shack Records

Rating: ★★★

British roots reggae has become a dedicated fixation for Bristol-based Sugar Shack Records. Along with their two sister labels, they...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2017

Review of Routes

Routes

Jaune Toujours

Choux doe Bruxelles

Rating: ★★★★

Often when a band boasts of playing a mix of dub, punk, jazz, ska and Balkan music it means they...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: March/2014

Review of Las Olas de Niebla

Las Olas de Niebla

Eduardo Niebla

LMR Records

Rating: ★★★

Virtuoso guitar player and composer Eduardo Niebla has a 40-year history of genre-crossing collaboration behind him and his latest offering...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: July/2019

Review of Vox.Infold

Vox.Infold

Ruby Singh

Killbeat Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ruby Singh is a Canadian musician, composer, filmmaker and sound designer fascinated with mythos, memory, identity and fantasy. He works...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: May/2022

Review of Year of the Clown

Year of the Clown

3 Daft Monkeys

3 Daft Monkeys

Rating: ★★★

The album's title is a whimsical comment on the political lunacy of the past year and there is certainly an...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017

Review of Avant Folk

Avant Folk

Frode Haltli

Hubro Records

Rating: ★★★★

Frode Haltli is a classically trained Norwegian accordionist, accustomed to working in both folk and avant-garde music. On his latest...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2018

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