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Review of Worlds Kaleid

Worlds Kaleid

Kamerunga

Independent

Rating: ★★★★

With the traditional Australian folkie/ bush music scene struggling to remain relevant in recent years – the result of an...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2012

Review of Les Rives

Les Rives

Titi Robin

Naive

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a history to this project. The prolific guitarist Titi Robin has long collaborated with Gypsy, Indian, and qawwali artists....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

Review of Together in Love and Separation

Together in Love and Separation

Chandra Chakraborty & Saskia Griffiths-Moore

Chandra Chakraborty & Saskia Griffiths-Moore

Rating: ★★

Indian classical singer Chandra Chakraborty is joined by London-based singer Saskia Griffiths-Moore in an album that explore themes of love...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022

Review of From Bedlam to Lenane

From Bedlam to Lenane

Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni

Top of the World

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★★★★

With that title beside those two names, I was expecting a couple of Italian crooners on an Irish road trip....

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2015

Review of Khyber Mail

Khyber Mail

Sohail Rana

Finders Keepers Records

Rating: ★★★★

It is hard to really know what to say about this disc, as it is so much of its time;...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011

Review of Underwater Dub

Underwater Dub

Sly & Robbie

Groove Attack

Rating: ★★

Listening to this album I immediately asked myself a question: who in the world needs another dub album in 2014?...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014

Review of Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival

Kate Green

Kate Green

Rating: ★★★★

Kate Green is gifted with a fine voice; she uses it with feeling and precision, which makes her a terrific...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022

Review of Notebook

Notebook

Barry Phillips

Barry Phillips Music

Rating: ★★★

The cello is not a go-to instrument for folk and traditional music. But in the hands of Barry Phillips, it...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2020

Review of InConcept

InConcept

Notify

Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cross-genre fusion, particularly between jazz and traditional styles, is a very tricky thing to pull off without sounding contrived, derivative...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2016

Review of A Burdensome Year

A Burdensome Year

Benjamin William Pike

Gin House Records

Rating: ★★★

Sometimes on this Yorkshireman's second album, Pike's downbeat vocal with guitar and strings can feel over-familiar, as can some lyrics:...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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