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Review of Scenes from uniXia

Scenes from uniXia

boci

Tree Being Records

Rating: ★★★★

boci describes her second, even more esoteric, album as a psycho-magical concept set in her own world, uniXia: “During a...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025

Review of Nouse Luonto – Songs of Nordic Biodiversity

Nouse Luonto – Songs of Nordic Biodiversity

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

In Finland, where nature is often on your doorstep, an estimated one in nine species is endangered. Nouse Luonto is...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2025

Review of The Devil Rides Again

The Devil Rides Again

Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia

Asphalt Tango Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is no doubt that Fanfare Ciocarlia remain among the fastest and most precise brass bands in the world. And...

Reviewed by Ula Nowak in issue: August/2025

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 Darkening Green

Darkening Green

Tamar Korn & Kyle Morgan

Jalopy Records

Rating: ★★★

Darkening Green, the debut album by singer-songwriters Tamar Korn and Kyle Morgan, is a definitive expression of the New York-based...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2025

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

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