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Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott & Tartine de Clous
The latest release from the prolific Scots folk singer Alasdair Roberts is a live recording documenting gigs he played at...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2019
Branches of the Same Tree
Ghanaian-born reggae singer and humanitarian activist Rocky Dawuni has released a collection of uplifting ballads inspired by his travels through...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015
Yen Ara
Ebo Taylor has been doing his stuff for more than 60 years now, so he knows how to make an...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2018
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Back to Følk (Music from Følklānd)
Like the ancient Hungarians who migrated from the Urals to the banks of the Danube, Kerekes Band have been on...
Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2016
Nação Zumbi
It's close to 20 years since Nação Zumbi's original singer Chico Science died in a car accident, an event that...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2016
La Estrella
Argentina's Chancha Vía Circuito transitioned from being a pioneer of digital cumbia in all its raw, urban, bone-shaking glory to...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022
Hoje é Assim, Amanhã Não Sei
This album consolidates Ricardo Ribeiro's position as the finest male fado singer of his generation. Born in the early 80s,...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016
Atlantic Oscillations
It often seems Will Holland takes delight in confounding his audience. Just take his last three albums as Quantic: a...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2019
Genius Loci 1: White Peak
Instrumental duo fiddler Adam Summerhayes and accordionist Murray Grainger like to let things flow. At the heart of The Ciderhouse...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/February/2022
The Stradgrass Sessions
Kentucky-born, classically trained violinist Tessa Lark's latest album is packed with some of the finest chambergrass music human ears are...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2023
