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Review of Párhuzamok és Kontrasztok

Párhuzamok és Kontrasztok

Muzsikás & Amadinda

Fonó

Rating: ★★★★

Amazingly Muzsikás' last record, The Bartók Album, came out in 1998 and was a Top of the World in #1....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of Fongola

Fongola

KOKOKO!

Top of the World

Transgressive Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The most exciting thing about this Kinshasa collective is the extraordinary alchemy by which they turn pure building blocks of...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2019

Review of Yarrow Acoustic Sessions

Yarrow Acoustic Sessions

Lori Watson

Isle Music

Rating: ★★★

Lori Watson grew up in the Scottish Borders, an area where there seems to be a ballad around every bend...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018

Review of The Tapi Project

The Tapi Project

Tapi

Songdew

Rating: ★★★

Tapi put their best feet forward on opener ‘Paigam’, with a surando (folk fiddle) sample introducing a reflective vocal refrain....

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2019

Review of Criollo Electrik

Criollo Electrik

Roberto López

Stonetree Records

Rating: ★★

After leading a number of big bands in Canada, where he is based, López has switched to a small combo...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2018

Review of An Introduction to Anne Briggs

An Introduction to Anne Briggs

Anne Briggs

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

An elusive but tremendously significant figure from the thrilling UK folk scene of the 1960s and 70s, Briggs has barely...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2018

Review of Times from Times Fall

Times from Times Fall

Fara

FARA Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Orkney born and bred quartet – fiddlers Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie and Catriona Price, alongside pianist Jennifer Austin –...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2018

Review of A Casual Invocation

A Casual Invocation

Cunning Folk

Dharma Records

Rating: ★★★★

George Hoyle, aka Cunning Folk, is a folklorist, storyteller, folk artist, magical ritualist, a former member of Gay Dad, Circulus,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020

Review of Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

Top of the World

Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, ethno-musicologist and filmmaker spent his life travelling the world making field recordings. He is best...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015

Review of Identity

Identity

Black Rock Band

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the mining-tourist town of Jabiru, within the Northern Territory’s incredible Kakadu National Park, Black Rock Band follow up...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021

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