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Review of The Rough Guide to Celtic Music

The Rough Guide to Celtic Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

On the plus side, this is a substantially more satisfying compilation than the now-deleted 2005 collection of the same name....

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2014

Review of Nordic Choro

Nordic Choro

Nordic Choro

Aania Records

Rating: ★★★

You might describe choro as having the sensibilities of classical music alongsidethe earthiness of street music. It grew up in...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Music to My Ears

Music to My Ears

Ricky Skaggs

Skaggs Family Records

Rating: ★★★

If Ricky Skaggs has ever made a bad record, I haven't heard it. Music to My Ears perfectly complements last...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Essencia

Essencia

Madredeus

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

What’s good about the newly reformed and reinvented Madredeus is that they sound so much like the Madredeus of old....

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Samba Esquema Novo ‘de Novo’

Samba Esquema Novo ‘de Novo’

Clara Moreno

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

She's her mother's daughter, all right. Her voice may not yet be the national treasure that Joyce Moreno's has become,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2016

Review of Jump the Fire

Jump the Fire

Evie Ladin Band

Evil Diane Music

Rating: ★★★

California-based vocalist and clawhammer banjo player Evie Ladin shut herself away in a damp, dark cabin to compose the songs...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of A Single Tree Does Not a Forest Make

A Single Tree Does Not a Forest Make

The London Lucumi Choir

London Lucumi Choir Records

Rating: ★★★★

Until ten years ago a new recording of Afro-Cuban Santería songs inevitably came from the US, as precious few such...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Live at TUSK 2019

Live at TUSK 2019

Grupi Lab

TUSK Editions

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded at the eclectic TUSK Festival in Gateshead, this live set captures the last night of the first ever UK...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Review of Under the Lilac Sky

Under the Lilac Sky

Arushi Jain

Top of the World

Leaving Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Arushi Jain is an Indian-born, classically-trained Hindustani singer. She is also a Brooklyn-based modular synthesizer enthusiast. Using these two powerful...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2021

Review of Lema Lema

Lema Lema

Eva Salina

Vogiton Records

Rating: ★★★

New York-based Eva Salina has grown up surrounded by Balkan music. On Lema Lema she has created an album that...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2016

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