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Review of Exiles Return

Exiles Return

Karan Casey & John Doyle

Compass Records 745292

Rating: ★★★★

The Waterford singer with crystalline tones, Karan Casey, and the Dublin guitar maestro John Doyle both made names for themselves...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Osharaku

Osharaku

The Kasai Osharaku Preservation Society and Others

em records

Rating: ★★★★

Available as a two-disc CD or 12” vinyl, this compilation is the latest in an ongoing preservation series by EM...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2019

Review of Cast Your Fate To The Wind: The Complete Decca UK Recordings

Cast Your Fate To The Wind: The Complete Decca UK Recordings

Marianne Faithfull

Proper Records

Rating: ★★★★

Marianne Faithfull was a complex lady. She was not just the languid pop star who recorded ‘As Tears Go By’...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025

Review of Ilha d’Melodia

Ilha d’Melodia

Ceuzany

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

Ceuzany used to front Cordas do Sol, whose album Lume d’Lenha was apparently bought by one in ten Cape Verdeans....

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2016

Review of Xáos

Xáos

Xáos

Independent Records

Rating: ★★★

Kudos goes to Ahetas and Dubulah, the two musicians from Dub Colossus who are at the core of this recording,...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Wood & Steel

Wood & Steel

Joce Mienniel & Aram Lee

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This is a simple, but fascinating meeting of French jazz flautist Joce Mienniel playing a Western Boehm-system classical flute and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2022

Review of The Woodbine & Ivy Band

The Woodbine & Ivy Band

The Woodbine & Ivy Band

Folk Police Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This Manchester collective create spirited folk-rock of a distinctly 1969 vintage. The rapid-fire drums, guttural guitar, throbbing bass and backing...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Sultan

Sultan

Alune Wade | Alune Wade & Harold López-Nussa

Enja

Rating: ★★★★

Since beginning his career in Ismaël Lô’s band more than 20 years ago, the Dakar-born, Paris-based singer and bassist Alune...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022

Review of Wick to Wickham

Wick to Wickham

Gordon Gunn

Greentrax Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Best known as a member of the fiddle-led supergroup Session A9, Scottish fiddler and composer Gordon Gunn has not recorded...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2015

Review of Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

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Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

It was a fascination for Estonian chorales and folk music which brought these four musicians together in 2021, and a...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2024

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