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Review of The Broken Tongue

The Broken Tongue

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Oriente RIEN CD 73

Rating: ★★★

The much talked-about Yiddish revival has one of its most eloquent advocates in the American accord¬ionist and Berlin resident, Daniel...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of American Radical Patriot

American Radical Patriot

Woody Guthrie

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★★

There is a certain irony that America’s great hobo poet, whose songs packed such a punch because they were so...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014

Review of La Habana era una Fiesta: Original Recordings From the Golden Age of Cuban Radio

La Habana era una Fiesta: Original Recordings From the Golden Age of Cuban Radio

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Spain may have lost Cuba as a colony in 1898 but strong ties remained between the two nations and this...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2011

Review of Geodesia

Geodesia

Luís Peixoto

Sons Vadios

Rating: ★★★

Luís Peixoto belongs to a certain category of musicians that keep going back and forth, into and out of the...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2021

Review of An Introduction to Ewan MacColl

An Introduction to Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl

Topic Records

Rating: ★★

Ewan MacColl was hugely important in the folk revival of the mid-20th century. He worked first in radical theatre, acting...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2018

Review of The Father of Libyan Reggae

The Father of Libyan Reggae

Ibrahim Hesnawi

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★

Often artists may be hailed as originators of a certain musical style when actually, it’s a matter of taste and/or...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2023

Review of Sailing Back to You

Sailing Back to You

Mick McAuley, Winifred Horan & Colm Ó Caoimh

McAuley, Horan, O Caoimh

Rating: ★★★

What does one make of an album by three traditional musicians of the Irish genre that features a retro French...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: March/2013

Review of Sachal Jazz

Sachal Jazz

Sachal Studio Orchestra

Sachal Music

Rating: ★★

This CD has been featured all over the place – CNN, the BBC and Al-Jazeera – and has already been...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Cloud Wandering

Cloud Wandering

Takashi Hirayasu

Infrasound

Rating: ★★★★

One of the foremost performers of Okinawan folk music, vocalist and sanshin (banjo-like lute) player Takashi Hirayasu came to prominence...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2019

Review of Navarasa: Nine Emotions

Navarasa: Nine Emotions

Yorkston/Torne/Khan

Top of the World

Domino

Rating: ★★★★

When the Scottish folk singer and guitarist James Yorkston, double bassist Jon Torne and the Indian sarangi maestro Suhail Yusuf...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020

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