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Review of Magic Nights

Magic Nights

Christ Moore

Columbia

Rating: ★★★★

Fifty years after his debut LP, Christ Moore's latest solo offering sees the Irish icon trawling though his live back...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2020

Review of Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron

Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

TCR

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second part of the Genius Loci project from the prolific instrumental duo of fiddler Adam Summerhayes and...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2022

Review of Here Come the Young

Here Come the Young

Martyn Joseph

Pipe Records

Rating: ★★★★

A veteran singer-songwriter and activist, Joseph has purveyed social and protest songs since his first studio release in 1983. The...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2019

Review of Coracle

Coracle

Emily Portman

Top of the World

Furrow Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Alongside Sam Lee and Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman is one of the great interpreters of traditional ballads from the magical...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of The Very Best of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures

The Very Best of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

An excellent collection of 15 tracks representing the most important names from the tradition of 20th-century Jewish North African popular...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of A Great Day For The Race

A Great Day For The Race

Flap!

Flap

Rating: ★★

Flap! (yes, the exclamation mark is part of the band name) hail from Melbourne and were discovered by Marcus Britton...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of A Carousel for Fools

A Carousel for Fools

The Mather Robinson Band

Mather & Robinson

Rating: ★★★

Dave Mather and Pete Robinson grew up together in and around Salford in the 60s but this is only their...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2015

Review of One for the Pot

One for the Pot

The Teacups

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★★

All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Love Has Come for You

Love Has Come for You

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s interesting to ponder what the reception to this album would have been had it been released by a pair...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014

Review of Ögbelerim – Music for My Ancestors

Ögbelerim – Music for My Ancestors

Batsükh Dorj

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Batsükh Dorj comes from a continuous but little known and recorded tradition of Tuvan music in the far north west...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2023

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