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Review of Lost Voices

Lost Voices

Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz

Mountain Fever Records

Rating: ★★★

It's tempting to say that the stories recounted in song form on Lost Voices eclipse the songs themselves. But that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2023

Review of What We Thought Was a Lake Was a Field of Flax

What We Thought Was a Lake Was a Field of Flax

Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill

Ferric Mordant Records

Rating: ★★★

Tyler and Hill first met in Newcastle, singing as part of the Sacred Harp sessions, with Hill adding vocals to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022

Review of Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Rhymoi Music

Rating: ★★★

This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Mongolian...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue:

Review of El Saxofón Humano

El Saxofón Humano

Negro Aquilino

Fresh Sound Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fear not, listeners. Contrary to the impression created by his nickname, Aquilino Calzado González is not the even more irritating...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of The Hum

The Hum

O'Hooley & Tidow

Top of the World

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

A neighbour of Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow brought them news that the sale of a house close by had...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Mirante

Mirante

Nick Storring

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★★

Inspired by his visits to Brazil, Canadian composer and instrumentalist Storring applies contemporary composition techniques to convey the impressions which...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025

Review of Your Comfort Zone

Your Comfort Zone

Peyoti For President

Sordid Soup Records

Rating: ★★★

Cumbia grooves, salsa horn riffs and calls to rebellion coalesce on this bombastic record. Opener ‘You are the Revolution’ could...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2025

Review of Blue White Gold

Blue White Gold

Dreamers’ Circus

Vertical Records

Rating: ★★★★

It has already been a decade since Danes Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (fiddle), Nikolaj Busk (piano and accordion) and Swede Ale...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of They Will Have to Kill Us First: Original Soundtrack

They Will Have to Kill Us First: Original Soundtrack

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Transgressive Records

Rating: ★★★★

The debut film from director Johanna Schwartz, They Will Have to Kill Us First, was released in 2015 and compellingly...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016

Review of Europeana

Europeana

Jaune Toujours

Choux de Bruxelles

Rating: ★★★

Jaune Toujours are the rambunctious and eclectic Belgian sextet led by singer and accordionist Piet Maris. This is their first...

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

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