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Luísa Maita

Cumbancha Discovery

Rating: ★

Luisa Maita debuted last year with the delicious Lero Lero, an album which this publication described as ‘dreamy an d...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2011

Review of Cabinet of Curiosities

Cabinet of Curiosities

The Hut People

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

As amiable and unpretentious as they are hugely talented and entertaining, The Hut People are accordionist Sam Pirt and percussionist...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Marca Passo

Marca Passo

Azymuth

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Marking the 50th anniversary of their pioneering 1975 debut Azimüth, the 25th album from the Brazilian jazz-funk trio is the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2025

Review of Open Guitar (Volume One)

Open Guitar (Volume One)

D.C Cross

D.C Cross

Rating: ★★★★

The concept behind Australian guitarist D.C Cross’s latest album is intended as an antidote to the frenetic nature of modern...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2026

Review of Interesting Times

Interesting Times

Basco

Go Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

‘There is no escaping it. We live in the sort of times that will be referred to by historians as...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2017

Review of The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

Ranjana Ghatak

Revolver

Rating: ★★★★

British singer Ranjana Ghatak is well-known for her work uniting North Indian and Western musics, especially jazz, working with some...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2020

Review of As Montanhas de Som

As Montanhas de Som

Raphael Gimenes

One World Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017

Review of Live in the Khaleej!

Live in the Khaleej!

Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi & Boom.Diwan with Arturo O’Farrill

Boom.Diwan

Rating: ★★★★

This project is inspired by Al-Mulaifi’s grandfather, one of the last of a generation of Kuwaiti master pearl divers, and...

Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: May/2025

Review of Nefydd

Nefydd

Calan

Calan

Rating: ★★★★

Calan have had a lot of superlatives thrown at them: Cool Cymru, storming juggernaut, Welsh folk supergroup. And ever since...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Trioliadam

Trioliadam

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Taragot Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

This collection of traditional Norwegian tunes was originally recorded in 1981. The results were never released, the master tapes lost,...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2024

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