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Review of Razem

Razem

Babra & Megitza

Top of the World

FolkEuropa/Music Hungary

Rating: ★★★★

In Polish razem means ‘together’ and this album is a meeting of two bands: Babra from Hungary and Megitza (aka...

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

Review of The Norwegian Bagpipe (?) Vol II

The Norwegian Bagpipe (?) Vol II

Tellef Kvifte

Taragot

Rating: ★★★★

Norwegian bagpipes? Trust me or, rather, trust Tellef Kvifte. He's one of Norwegian music's treasures: as professor of musicology researching...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2023

Review of Ligéey

Ligéey

Amadou Diagne

Long Tale

Rating: ★★★

Most listeners will probably have first encountered the Senegalese singer Amadou Diagne on a 2012 set in World Music Network's...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2015

Review of Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)

Jól Élünk (We Have a Pretty Good Life)

Times New Román

Top of the World

Times New Román

Rating: ★★★★★

This is the debut recording of a pretty new Hungarian band who were one of the local highlights of 2022’s...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace and Conscious Sounds at Studio One

Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace and Conscious Sounds at Studio One

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Studio One was known as the Jamaican Motown because countless artists emerged from its training ground, including Bob Marley and...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Mighty Poplar

Mighty Poplar

Mighty Poplar

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

This bluegrass supergroup that sees members of the Punch Brothers (Noam Pikelny and Chris Eldridge) join bassist Greg Garrison (Leftover...

Reviewed by Emma Rycroft in issue: April/2023

Review of Skiver

Skiver

Folkatron Sessions

Upcycled Sound Records

Rating: ★★★

These sessions – ‘eight musicians, seven days, one experimental folk album from scratch’ – feature a welcomely eclectic mix of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Review of Shine

Shine

Caroline Keane

Caroline Keane Music

Rating: ★★★★

Caroline Keane has had an increasingly prominent presence on the Irish and international touring circuit since she was 15. Now...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2020

Review of Geodesia

Geodesia

Luís Peixoto

Sons Vadios

Rating: ★★★

Luís Peixoto belongs to a certain category of musicians that keep going back and forth, into and out of the...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2021

Review of Riots in the Jungle

Riots in the Jungle

Skip & Die

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Skip & Die are an enigmatic creative duo who've made a debut album that could and should be reviewed by...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

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