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Review of Novela

Novela

Céu

Urban Jungle

Rating: ★★★

Novela is Céu’s sixth album, her first in three years, and it’s mostly self-penned (the one exception being ‘Corpo e...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/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 Santana IV

Santana IV

Santana

Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

The ground-breaking Afro-Latin rock fusion of Carlos Santana and his band set alight the 1969 Woodstock festival and opened the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016

Review of Carminho Canta Tom Jobim

Carminho Canta Tom Jobim

Carminho

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★★

When standing in front of a giant, expect to remain caught under his shadow – for better or for worse....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017

Review of Dansing

Dansing

Tęgie Chłopy

Myzyka Odnaleziona

Rating: ★★★★

Tęgie Chłopy are a new band that's gathered around veteran saxophone and clarinet player Stanisław Witkowski. Born in 1934, Witkowski...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2016

Review of Rough Guide to Hillbilly Blues

Rough Guide to Hillbilly Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★★

Given that Trump's administration recently clumsily marked Black History Month by implying Frederick Douglass was still alive, this album is...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2017

Review of Mercato

Mercato

Imperial Tiger Orchestra

Mental Groove Records

Rating: ★★★★

It only took one minute for the Imperial Tiger Orchestra's debut album to prove its worth to this critic. It...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

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