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Review of Feuilles Fauves

Feuilles Fauves

Lo’Jo

Top of the World

Yotanka Records

Rating: ★★★★

The five members of French collective Lo’Jo celebrate over four decades of camaraderie exploring poetry, music and cabaret drawn from...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: November/2024

Review of Vivo en Santo Domingo

Vivo en Santo Domingo

Toné Vicioso & Aumbata

Toné Vicioso

Rating: ★★★★

Dominican musician Toné Vicioso has roots in bebop and avant-garde music, nurtured while resident in New York during the 70s....

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2025

Review of In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper

In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper

Širom

tak: til / Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

Slovenian avant-folk outfit Širom have built a much-deserved buzz around themselves over the last ten years. The trio are not...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2025

Review of Legado

Legado

Plena Libre

La Buena Fortuna Music

Rating: ★★★★

Over some 32 years and 17 albums, this 12-piece globe-trotting Puerto Rican outfit has built a formidable live reputation, delivering...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2026

Review of Karakoz

Karakoz

Mai Mai Mai

Maple Death Records

Rating: ★★★★★★★★★

Mai Mai Mai is the audio-visual project of musician and artist Toni Cutrone, which explores folklore, hauntology and traditions from...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2026

Review of Šatrika

Šatrika

Čači Vorba

Top of the World

Oriente Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Čači Vorba is the name of the group, but it's vocalist and fiddler Maria Natanson who is the star of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016

Review of Sycophantic Friends

Sycophantic Friends

Atamina

Makkum

Rating: ★★★

Attentive listeners may have first heard Atamina on the 2016 compilation This is Kologo Power!, on which he appeared alongside...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018

Review of Cherie Na N’ga

Cherie Na N’ga

Jeannot Bel

Prosmart Studio

Rating: ★★★

Born Belangeni Musumbu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bel was raised in Kinshasa but is now resident in London....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013

Review of Live @ 25

Live @ 25

Peatbog Faeries

Peatbog Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Isle of Skye-based Peatbog Faeries have been a staple on the Scottish trad scene for 25 years now, and...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2018

Review of Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn

Soldater og Redelig Sjømenn

Frode Nyvold

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★★

If you're seeking an earthy slice of Norwegian life, look no further. The title translates as ‘Soldiers and Honest Sailors’;...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2020

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