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Review of Argentum

Argentum

Carlos Franzetti

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★★

Many books and articles have been written about the tortuous relationship between Buenos Aires and its rural hinterland. US-based but...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016

Review of Mayday

Mayday

Myriam Gendron

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★★

For Québec-based guitarist and singer Myriam Gendron’s fascinating 2014 debut record, she took the unusual step of recording a concept...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024

Review of Turnar

Turnar

Hekla

Phantom Limb

Rating: ★★★

Named for the medieval French castle tower in which it was partly recorded, Turnar is the third album from Icelandic...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2025

Review of What Makes Bob Holler

What Makes Bob Holler

Hot Club Of Cowtown

Top of the World

Proper Records

Rating: ★★★★

There can be few outfits whose name describes their modus operandi quite as fittingly as Hot Club Of Cowtown. If...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Akal

Akal

Atri N’Assouf

Atri Music

Rating: ★★★★

Atri N’Assouf is Tamashek for ‘the star of the desert’ – a bold claim given how many great Touareg desert...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012

Review of Canaich

Canaich

Duncan Chisholm

Copperfish Records CPFCD004

Rating: ★★★★

As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010

Review of Vive I’Amour

Vive I’Amour

Bonsoir Catin

Valcour Records VALCD0007

Rating: ★★★★

Too bad if you weren’t there to witness these talented Cajun ladies performing at the funky and friendly Blue Moon...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of ABCDEFG

ABCDEFG

Chumbawamba

No Masters NMCD33

Rating: ★★★

The Chumbas are never short of a thing or two to say and on their latest album it’s music itself...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of The World That I Knew

The World That I Knew

VARO

Top of the World

Varo

Rating: ★★★★

Dublin-based duo VARO – singers and fiddlers Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, from France and Italy respectively – are...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2025

Review of Los Miticos del Ritmo

Los Miticos del Ritmo

Los Miticos del Ritmo

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

British producer Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s love for Colombia grows ever deeper with Los Miticos del Ritmo, his new instrumental cumbia...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

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