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Review of All is Not Forgotten

All is Not Forgotten

Siobhan Miller

Songprint Records

Rating: ★★★

All is Not Forgotten follows on from Miller's 2018 release Mercury, and a very pleasant follow-up it is too. New...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2020

Review of Alde

Alde

Benedicte Maurseth

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

Alde, meaning ‘swell’ in English, perfectly sums up the feel of this debut solo album from Hardanger fiddle player Benedicte...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: July/2012

Review of In Search of Sources

In Search of Sources

Jarek Adamów & Marcin Kozak

Folken Music

Rating: ★★

Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Born in Parallel

Born in Parallel

Daphna Sadeh

33 Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★

Double bassist and composer Daphna Sadeh is not the first bandleader to draw inspiration from the common ground between early...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Guajira Mas Guajira

Guajira Mas Guajira

Eliades Ochoa & Alma Latina

Tumi Music

Rating: ★★★★

More than half a century ago, Maria Ochoa used to sit in a hammock on the family's farm in rural...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016

Review of Suites

Suites

Jacky Molard Quartet

Top of the World

Innacor Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The third album from veteran Breton violinist Jacky Molard and his instrumental quartet furthers Molard's ongoing mission of crossing musical...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Dominican Republic: Merengue

Dominican Republic: Merengue

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★★

With 70 tracks and more than three hours of piano, maracas and trombones, this triple-decker is all you need for...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014

Review of Saints & Tzadiks

Saints & Tzadiks

Susan McKeown & Lorin Sklamberg

World Village 468089

Rating: ★★★★

Saints & Tzadiks is an unusual cross-cultural blend of Irish and Yiddish folk songs. Irish-born singer Susan McKeown and New...

Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: March/2010

Review of Archipel

Archipel

Yapa

Yapa

Rating: ★★★★

This highly accomplished French quartet, comprise three guitarists and a percussionist. Although they're an acoustic act, their attention to sound...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2018

Review of Não Tente Compreender

Não Tente Compreender

Mart'nália

Biscoito Fino

Rating: ★★

Like Moreno Veloso, Preta Gil and Maria Rita, Mart'nália Mendonça Ferreira is the child of famous musical parents. Her mother...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013

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