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Review of Music of the Santal Tribe: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya

Music of the Santal Tribe: Field Recordings by Deben Bhattacharya

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

This album not only has some wonderful music but is also a valuable ethnographic and historical record of the culture...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2014

Review of Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol 1

Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol 1

The Ninetree Stumblers

Nanny State Records

Rating: ★★★

Take a cursory glance at Complete Recorded Works and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the latest release from...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Tudo o Que Move

Tudo o Que Move

Orfélia

Orfélia

Rating: ★★★

Antera and Filipe Mattos first met in Berlin and were drawn to each other by their common language: Portuguese. She...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Review of A Saami Requiem

A Saami Requiem

Gunnar Idenstam and Ola Stinnerbom

Toccata Next

Rating: ★★★★

This is the most extraordinary coming together of different musical worlds and cultures created by visionary musicians: the Swedish organist...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2022

Review of Fern Girl & Ice Man

Fern Girl & Ice Man

The Lowest Pair

Team Love Records

Rating: ★★★

What we have here are two collections of old and familiar song forms. But they are reconstituted with observant, contemporary...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016

Review of Sean Khan Presents…The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

Sean Khan Presents…The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble

Acid Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is an intriguing set in which classic songs from the folk-rock era of the late 60s and early 70s...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024

Review of Exaltação

Exaltação

Marcos D Project

Quart de Luné

Rating: ★★★

If you're the sort of person who likes to know what they're getting into ahead of time then this is...

Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: March/2019

Review of Pandemonium: The Essential Bellowhead

Pandemonium: The Essential Bellowhead

Bellowhead

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The bad news is that, after 11 years, the 11 members of the great English folk big-band Bellowhead are going...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of As the World Turns

As the World Turns

Black Uhuru

Black Uhuru Official

Rating: ★★★

Plenty has happened to the world in the 15 years since Black Uhuru last released a studio album – much...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of The Klezmer Shul Live!

The Klezmer Shul Live!

Veretski Pass

Golden Horn Records

Rating: ★★★

Veretski Pass are a trio of top American klezmer musicians – Cookie Segelstein on violin, Joshua Horowitz on accordion and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2012

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