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Review of Bak Lås Og Slå

Bak Lås Og Slå

Stampestuen

Stampestuen

Rating: ★★★★

From thieves to murderers this is a collection of songs about outcasts of Norwegian society in the 19th century. With...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Tributo Desde Londres a Cali

Tributo Desde Londres a Cali

Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café

DLR Music

Rating: ★★

After a smash-hit album with Salsa with Vibraphone, Dorance Lorza & Sexteto Café are back. The music here is pleasant,...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Valge Valgus

Valge Valgus

Hartwin Dhoore Trio

Top of the World

Trad Records

Rating: ★★★★

Flanders-born accordionist Hartwin Dhoore has been intimately involved with some of the most innovative and entertaining traditional-inspired music to emerge...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022

Review of There Is Beauty, There Already

There Is Beauty, There Already

Sarathy Korwar

Top of the World

Otherland

Rating: ★★★★

Drummer and composer Sarathy Korwar’s seventh album is a singular experiment in slow listening and percussive potential. It emerges alongside...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2025

Review of Tambó

Tambó

David Sanchèz

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★★★★★★

Tenor saxophonists are invariably talented improvisers, but not all are equally accomplished composers. Sanchèz, however, operates in the mould of...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2026

Review of Angels Without Wings

Angels Without Wings

Heidi Talbot

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★

The list of guest players on Heidi Talbot’s new album is impressive, to say the least. Mark Knopfler contributes guitar...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Black &White: Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum

Black &White: Recorded in the Field by Art Rosenbaum

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Dixiefrog

Rating: ★★★★★

In 2007 and 2009, Dust to D igital released volumes one and two of Art of the Field Recording by...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011

Review of Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins of Jamaican Music – 50th Anniversary

Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins of Jamaican Music – 50th Anniversary

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hot on the heels of Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music (reviewed in #88) comes this 100-track box-set,...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: March/2013

Review of Soot

Soot

Boot

Caprice CAP21817

Rating: ★★

The fiddle-tune traditions of Scandinavia, Ireland and the US generally work their magic via simple tunes. Sometimes their simplicity is...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2010

Review of Antifogmatic

Antifogmatic

Punch Brothers

Nonesuch Records 7559 798 057

Rating: ★★★★

Pleasant as it is to hear banjos and mandolins on prime-time national radio, it’s a shame that they will invariably...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

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