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Review of Fire

Fire

Midnight Skyracer

Midnight Skyracer

Rating: ★★★★

Fiery for sure, this bold, all-female, Anglo-Irish bluegrass quintet have made quite a start to their career. They formed in...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018

Review of The Butcher's Share

The Butcher's Share

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Top of the World

Oriente Musik

Rating: ★★★★

If The Klezmatics were the pre-eminent klezmer band of the 1990s, I suspect Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird might...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2018

Review of Espiral

Espiral

La Jose

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Since shaking off the nationalism of the Franco era, flamenco has looked in many directions to reclaim its roots and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2015

Review of Musical Explorers: Music of Tibet

Musical Explorers: Music of Tibet

Deben Bhattacharya

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

This re-release of archive recordings is a welcome addition to the many Tibetan musical releases recorded in exile since the...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2018

Review of The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band

The Complete John Kirkpatrick Band

John Kirkpatrick Band

Fledg’ling Records (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★★

The great accordion player John Kirkpatrick played on the album Morris On; he worked with the Albion Band onthe famous...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013

Review of Africainement Vôtre

Africainement Vôtre

Magic System

Parlophone France

Rating: ★★★★

Magic System, the Ivory Coast's most successful proponents of zouglou – a mix of zouk, ragga and soca music –...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Toumastin

Toumastin

Tamikrest

Top of the World

Glitterhouse Records

Rating: ★★★★★

These are hard times for the Tamashek people, as Andy Morgan, former manager of the mighty Tinariwen, makes distressingly clear...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Fathoms

Fathoms

The Furrow Collective

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Each of them is an acclaimed solo artist in their own right, but together, The Furrow Collective continue to be...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Tropikadelic

Tropikadelic

Ireke

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★

Ireke (meaning ‘Sugar Cane’ in Yoruba) are a French duo with musical bona fides and a range of friends to...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023

Review of El Duque de la Bachata

El Duque de la Bachata

Joan Soriano

Top of the World

iASO Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Dukes rarely make good dance music. Think of the Duque de Edimburgo, or the Duque de Westminster: both rubbish with...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: March/2011

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