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Review of Laço Umbilical

Laço Umbilical

Lucibela

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...

Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018

Review of Copperdollar: The Back of Beyond

Copperdollar: The Back of Beyond

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Freshly Squeezed Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the work of DJ Marc Stylus, resident disc spinner with the freaky immersive theatre company Copperdollar. Emerging out...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh-based and steeped in the Gaelic tradition, Robbie Grieg has enlisted a fine set of friends for his debut album,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2017

Review of Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of

Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of

Cornershop feat. Bubbley Kaur

Ample Play Records

Rating: ★★★★

Originally issued only on CD in 2011, Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of is something of a ‘lost classic’...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2022

Review of The World and All That It Holds

The World and All That It Holds

Damir Imamović

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★

There are some critics out there – and I am not one – who maintain that Damir Imamović is heir...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: July/2023

Review of Meuseucca Servadze

Meuseucca Servadze

Teres Aoutes String Band

Cromo Music

Rating: ★★★★

From Piedmont Teres Aoutes (Piedmont Highlands) comes this fresh force in Italian folk music. Made up of singer and mandolinist...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: April/2023

Review of Emmaar

Emmaar

Tinariwen

V2 Records

Rating: ★★★

Those who saw Tinariwen at the Songlines Music Awards 2012 Winners’ Concert at the Barbican at the end of 2012...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014

Review of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Emerging from The Gloaming's five-strong fold, Hardanger d'amore player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and pianist Thomas Bartlett have struck of to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019

Review of Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow

Char Taal and a Raga Rainbow

Rakkatak

Rakkatak

Rating: ★★

These days North India is far from the only place you can find examples of the Hindustani music associated with...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2021

Review of Cajun Accordion Kings (and the Queen)

Cajun Accordion Kings (and the Queen)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Valcour Records is run by Joel Savoy – of the celebrated Savoy Family Cajun Band – and he does a...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017

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