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Review of Euphoric Ouroboric

Euphoric Ouroboric

David Wax Museum

Mark of the Leopard

Rating: ★★★

David Wax and Suz Slezak are the husband-and-wife duo fronting the Mexo-Americana troupe David Wax Museum. Recorded in the couple’s...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of ARC

ARC

Michael McGoldrick

Vertical Records

Rating: ★★★★

Although this is only McGoldrick's fifth solo album in 22 years and his first since 2010, the genial Manchester-based flute,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2018

Review of Live @ 25

Live @ 25

Peatbog Faeries

Peatbog Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Isle of Skye-based Peatbog Faeries have been a staple on the Scottish trad scene for 25 years now, and...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2018

Review of Cannibal Courtship

Cannibal Courtship

Dengue Fever

Concord Music Group

Rating: ★★★★

Dengue Fever's latest album is a step up from their last studio effort, Venus on Earth, in 2008. The band...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2011

Review of ¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz

¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz

Grupo Mono Blanco

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

A coastal offshoot of the Mexican folk music scene that burst into life during the 1970s, son jarocho has roots...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2018

Review of Hjemve: Vocal Music from Folldal

Hjemve: Vocal Music from Folldal

Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen

Heilo Records

Rating: ★★★★

How can you not fall for an opening track which begins with the words ‘Bom-bom, bom-bom, didde-lidde-lei’? It dances, carefree,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022

Review of Midnight Rocker

Midnight Rocker

Horace Andy

On-U Sound

Rating: ★★★

Age undoubtedly has taken some of the sweetness from Horace Andy’s voice, meaning where once he could sugar-coat his message,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2022

Review of Linzay Young & Joel Savoy

Linzay Young & Joel Savoy

Linzay Young & Joel Savoy

Valcour Records VAL CD0008

Rating: ★★★★

When Joel Savoy was a teenager, he learned from some of the veteran musicians living in and around his hometown...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Hubcap Music

Hubcap Music

Seasick Steve

Fiction Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Californian bluesman’s fifth album doesn’t mess about. Following the sound of an engine revving up, opening track ‘Down on...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2013

Review of Naktės

Naktės

Merope

Granvat

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in small, cosy rooms and only after dark, this album glitters with a sense of wonder at the special...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2018

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