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Review of Jbal Rras

Jbal Rras

Deena Abdelwahed

InFiné

Rating: ★★★★★

This Tunisian DJ and producer has long been hailed as one of the most exciting names in experimental dance music....

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: October/2023

Review of Celebrants

Celebrants

Nickel Creek

Top of the World

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

‘My God it's good to see you,’ intones Chris Thile on the opening track of Celebrants, the first all-new album...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2023

Review of Hert

Hert

Catriona Price

Top of the World

Orange Feather Records

Rating: ★★★★

Glasgow-based violinist, composer, vocalist and founding member of FARA, Catriona Price's new release is a suite for string quartet, vocal...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2023

Review of Sahel

Sahel

Bombino

Partisan

Rating: ★★★★

The world is much changed since Omara ‘Bombino’ Moctar’s last album, 2018’s Grammy-nominated Deran. We’ve had pandemics, war, fire, flood...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2023

Review of Borderlines & Bloodlines

Borderlines & Bloodlines

Rating: ★★★★★

One of the standout folk albums of 2023 in the UK, which almost flew under the radar, Birmingham-based Germa Adan’s Borderlines...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: March 2024

Review of Les Secrets du Ciel

Les Secrets du Ciel

Yann Falquet

Yann Falquet

Rating: ★★★★

Yann Falquet is best-known as the singer and guitarist who co-founded the award-winning Québécois folk trio Genticorum, celebrated for their...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024

Review of I Feel It Once Again

I Feel It Once Again

Anne Harris

Rugged Road

Rating: ★★★★

Chicago-based fiddle player and singer-songwriter Anne Harris boasts a CV diverse enough to not only include many years touring and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2025

Review of Nubes Selva

Nubes Selva

Grecia Albán

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ecuadorian singer Grecia Albán’s first UK release Nubes Selva, which loosely translates as ‘Cloud Jungle’, reinvents traditional Ecuadorian, and South...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025

Review of Riparian

Riparian

Eyvind Kang

Kou Records

Rating: ★★★★

A frequent collaborator of a diverse array of artists – including Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell and Sunn O))) – New...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2025

Review of Living in the Light

Living in the Light

Tommy Emmanuel

CGP Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Tommy Emmanuel wrote ‘Scarlett’s World’, the first single from Living in the Light, the Australian guitar wizard’s latest full-length album,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026

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