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Review of Friends & Family of Hawai’i

Friends & Family of Hawai’i

Amy Hanaiali’i

Mountain Apple URCD8634

Rating: ★★

With four Grammy nominations and numerous local awards to her credit, vocalist Amy Hanaiali’i Gilliom is Hawaii’s best-selling female artist....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2010

Review of Black Woman & Child (2024 Remix)

Black Woman & Child (2024 Remix)

Sizzla

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

Miguel Collins, far better known as Sizzla, played an intriguing role in reggae history. He began recording in the late...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Down in Washington Square

Down in Washington Square

Dave Van Ronk

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

A seminal figure in the American folk renaissance of the late 1950s and early 60s, Dave Van Ronk was a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014

Review of Sudbina

Sudbina

Eva Salina & Peter Stan

Vogiton Records

Rating: ★★★

Vida Pavlović was one of the most highly regarded Roma singers to have existed, tragically dying before her time in...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2018

Review of Ready for the Times

Ready for the Times

Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow

Top of the World

Red Guitar Blue Music

Rating: ★★★

Last year, rootsy singer-guitarist Williams (US-born but now resident in the UK) teamed up with violinist Catlow (known for his...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2022

Review of Holy Colony: Burning Acres

Holy Colony: Burning Acres

Troy Kingi

AllGood Absolute Alternative Records

Rating: ★★★

New Zealand Māori singer Troy Kingi has an ambitious idea of recording ten albums over ten years in ten different...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of New Era Frequency

New Era Frequency

Nattali Rize & Notis

Roots Level

Rating: ★★★

Best known as the dynamic frontwoman for Australian roots band Blue King Brown, Nattali Rize (aka Natalie Pa’apa’a) has recently...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

Review of Off the Floor

Off the Floor

Wendy MacIsaac

Trade Root Music Group

Rating: ★★★★

Welcome to the legendary dance halls of Canada's Cape Breton where, once a favoured fiddler like Wendy MacIsaac starts a...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2015

Review of Native Tongue

Native Tongue

Mojo Juju

ABC Music

Rating: ★★★

Having started her music career fronting the rollicking Australian cabaret band Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants between 2006...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019

Review of Declaration

Declaration

Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton

Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton

Rating: ★★★

Favourites on the Australian folk circuit, it's been eight years since Kate Burke and Ruth Hazleton's last recording, Summer's Lonesome...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

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