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Review of Dacw’r Tannau

Dacw’r Tannau

Chris Jones

Gwymon Records

Rating: ★★★

Chris Jones started out singing unaccompanied traditional Welsh songs more than 20 years ago. He began picking up songs from...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of The Whiting’s on the Wall

The Whiting’s on the Wall

Belshazzar’s Feast

Unearthed

Rating: ★★★★★

Paul Sartin and Paul Hutchinson just can’t help themselves. If ever one tune reminds them of another - for even...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2014

Review of The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali

The Rough Guide to the Music of Mali

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

So, just how does one represent a musical powerhouse of a nation such as Mali in just one CD? Well,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014

Review of Yene Mircha

Yene Mircha

Hailu Mergia

Awesome Tapes from Africa

Rating: ★

After Awesome Tapes from Africa reissued three of his old tapes to wide acclaim, Ethiopian keys player Hailu Mergia –...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020

Review of Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Bokan Stanković

WMAS Records

Rating: ★★★

Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Traditional Playing on the Svrljig Bagpipes, Duduk and Ocarina from Eastern Serbia

Bokan Stanković

WMAS Records

Rating: ★★★

Bagpipes are not the first instrument that come to mind when you think of Serbian music. And it's a dwindling...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of Dos Medinas Blancas

Dos Medinas Blancas

Carmen Paris & Nabyla Maan

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★

The two white medinas of this album's title are Zaragoza and Fes, the home towns of established singer-songwriter Carmen Paris...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018

Review of Sojourns: Volume 1

Sojourns: Volume 1

Nava

Nava

Rating: ★★★

Following 2017's Tapestry, Nava are here again to prove that Irish and Persian music are not as unlikely bedfellows as...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2020

Review of Anchor

Anchor

Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy with The Gift Band

Top of the World

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Norma Waterson and her daughter Eliza Carthy have sung together ever since Eliza first grasped language. Perhaps that is one...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2018

Review of Fire

Fire

Midnight Skyracer

Midnight Skyracer

Rating: ★★★★

Fiery for sure, this bold, all-female, Anglo-Irish bluegrass quintet have made quite a start to their career. They formed in...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018

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