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Review of CantöRiöndö

CantöRiöndö

Gruppo Spontaneo Trallalero

Felmay Records

Rating: ★★★

The spirit of Genoa resounds through this celebration of the singing circle of trallalero – a form of urban traditional...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Ratja Yaliyali

Ratja Yaliyali

Gawurra

CAAMA (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Resident on Milingimbi Island, off the north coast of Australia's Arnhem Land, Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu is a cousin of celebrated...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Remembrance

Remembrance

Arvvas

Top of the World

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Imagine Tom Waits heading north and living for a while with Sámi musicians in Norway. Steinar Raknes has a voice...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Ona

Ona

Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr

Tomáš Kočko

Rating: ★★★★

The title Ona means ‘She’ in Czech and it presents women’s songs from Tomáš Kočko’s homeland Moravia, the eastern region...

Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: June/2022

Review of Bluebird

Bluebird

De Fuego

De Fuego

Rating: ★★★

A girl next door. A young man with a beard. A rocking flamenco-ish sound. Lots of cheeky harmonics, agile arpeggios...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Wild Bill Jones

Wild Bill Jones

The Quiet American

The Quiet American

Rating: ★★★★

A staple character in the canon of American folk balladry, Wild Bill Jones is usually depicted as a dashing ne’er-do-well...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013

Review of Hungarian Noir: A Tribute to the Gloomy Sunday

Hungarian Noir: A Tribute to the Gloomy Sunday

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Piranha Records

Rating: ★★★

Thankfully the song ‘Gloomy Sunday’ does not directly cause people to commit suicide. Otherwise I would be 12 times deceased...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016

Review of Deadly Hearts

Deadly Hearts

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ABC Music

Rating: ★★★

A tribute album of cover versions of iconic Australian indigenous-oriented songs that have impacted on younger Aboriginal musicians, Deadly Hearts...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018

Review of Afrolaito

Afrolaito

Marinah

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Former Ojos de Brujo singer Marina Abad – who rebranded herself Marinah since going solo in 2013 – has continued...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017

Review of Gabru Panjab Dha

Gabru Panjab Dha

JK

VIP Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is more JK than meet the eye. At first glance, the blinged-up boy who graces the cover of this...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

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