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Review of Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

Archie Roach

Bloodlines/Mushroom

Rating: ★★★★

Widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most celebrated indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach’s long career is slowly drawing to a close....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020

Review of Big Like This

Big Like This

The Unusual Suspects

Big Bash Records

Rating: ★★★★

When Corrina Hewat and David Milligan boldly launched this folk big-band back in 2003 they recruited a Who’s Who of...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2011

Review of Ki Moun Ou Ye

Ki Moun Ou Ye

Nathalie Joachim

Nonesuch/New Amsterdam Records

Rating: ★★★

Nathalie Joachim, a Juilliard alum and Grammy-nominated classical flautist, undergoes a distinctive musical evolution in her second album, Ki Moun...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2024

Review of Berlin 1964 – Live & Berlin 1964 – The Lost Studio Recordings

Berlin 1964 – Live & Berlin 1964 – The Lost Studio Recordings

Dagar Brothers

Black Truffle l

Rating: ★★★★★

A double archival release from Black Truffle, these very rare recordings feature the brothers Moinuddin (d1966) and Aminuddin Dagar (d2000),...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2024

Review of Zaire 74: The African Artists

Zaire 74: The African Artists

Various Artists

Top of the World

Wrasse Records 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

The ‘Rumble in the Jungle,’ as the 1974 Heavyweight Championship boxing bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman was known,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2017

Review of symbiont

symbiont

Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★★

On Spider Tales, his 2020 debut album, Jake Blount blazed a trail through the forest of roots music in general...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2024

Review of Czech Republic: Music from Walachia, Horňácko and Kopanice

Czech Republic: Music from Walachia, Horňácko and Kopanice

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora

Rating: ★★★

Compared to neighbouring Hungary, whose traditional music has an international profile, the folk music of the Czech Republic is little...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Las Últimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra

Las Últimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★★

There’s a moment on this album, during the song ‘Cantores que Reflexionan’ (Singers Who Reflect), where the listener is held...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2025

Review of Teleology

Teleology

Peggy Seeger

Top of the World

Red Grape Records

Rating: ★★★★★

If this really is the final album from Peggy Seeger, then the great lady is going out in style. Released...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2025

Review of Hand on the Plow

Hand on the Plow

The Tillers

Muddy Roots Music Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The Tillers claim they once played in hardcore punk bands, and in their speed and dynamics you can hear the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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