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Review of Star Above the Mountain

Star Above the Mountain

Kinnfolk

Kinnfolk

Rating: ★★★★

Celtic folk duo and married couple Josh and Julie Kinn serve up a handsome listen on Star Above the Mountain....

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: August/2025

Review of Smestániá

Smestániá

Gabba

Top of the World

Drengestua Records

Rating: ★★★★

Welcome to life in a rambling house in Oslo where Gabba hangs out, parties, barbecues or just jams in the...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/2026

Review of Hoggar

Hoggar

Tinariwen

Top of the World

Wedge

Rating: ★★★★

Tinariwen are the elder statesmen of desert blues, champions of Touareg resistance, and spokesmen for their nomadic culture which spans...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2026

Review of Picker’s Dream

Picker’s Dream

James Rigby

Ramble Records

Rating: ★★★

Liverpool based fingerstyle guitarist James Rigby’s playing is undoubtedly precise and technically spot on, as he demonstrates throughout 16 sunny,...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2022

Review of Lummen

Lummen

Sirus

Kråktjärn

Rating: ★★★★

An album of depth and soul, this is an impressive debut for Sirus. There are strong influences from Scandinavia (the...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: November/2019

Review of Houtekiet

Houtekiet

MANdolinMAN

Trad Records

Rating: ★★

When they formed in 2011, MANdolinMAN, a Belgian mandolin quartet, proposed new arrangements of the traditional Flemish repertoire, based on...

Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: August/September/2022

Review of A Guide to the Birdsong of South America

A Guide to the Birdsong of South America

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rhythms and Roots DIGITAL & VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

With passions for conservation, bird-watching and South American music, British producer Robin Perkins decided to combine all three here. He...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2015

Review of Nykomlingen

Nykomlingen

Erlend Viken Trio

Heilo Records

Rating: ★★★★

This CD contains so much that is unexpected and surprising. It feels as though the band is on a journey...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2017

Review of Kerwanê

Kerwanê

Kardeş Türküler

Top of the World

Membran/Network

Rating: ★★★★

Kardeş Türküler celebrate their 21st anniversary with this ‘Best Of’ compilation. They have become such a feature of the musical...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: December/2015

Review of Up River Overseas

Up River Overseas

Old Salt

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★

Old Salt are a six-piece collective of musicians from the US, Belgium, Sweden and Scotland who first came together at...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016

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