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Review of Widdershins

Widdershins

Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola

Top of the World

Dell Daisy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sarah-Jane Summers and Juhani Silvola have an instinctive, magical musical relationship. Summers’ Scottish heritage (manifest in her work with the...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura

Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura

4 Mars

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★★★

As part of their ongoing relationship with Radiodiffusion-Télévision de Djibouti, Ostinato Records launch the initial instalment of their new Djibouti...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2021

Review of Maori New Zealand

Maori New Zealand

Nga Tamariki O Tongariro

Playasound/Air Mail Music

Rating: ★★

Based in the central Lake Taupo region of New Zealand's North Island, the large Nga Tamariki O Tongariro group perform...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2012

Review of Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

Abel Selaocoe

Top of the World

Warner Classics

Rating: ★★★★★

This is one of the most impressive debut albums in a long time. Effectively, it’s a self portrait of the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022

Review of Any Other Morning

Any Other Morning

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Transition Records

Rating: ★★★★

The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Word of Mouth

Word of Mouth

Seth Lakeman

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★

Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014

Review of Black Smoke

Black Smoke

Emily Wurramara

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Born on remote Groote Eylandt, the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off coastal Arnhem Land, Emily Wurramara's family...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2016

Review of Jayme Stone's Folklife

Jayme Stone's Folklife

Jayme Stone

Top of the World

Jayme Stone/Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★★

An extension of his 2015 Lomax Project, the renowned Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone now presents us with Jayme Stone's Folklife,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2017

Review of Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Parampara Festival 13.3.1992

Amelia Cuni

Black Truffle

Rating: ★★★★

Held in Berlin in 1992, Parampara Festival brought together Indian teachers and their international students to showcase the global spread...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Nacarile

Nacarile

iLe

Sony Music Latin

Rating: ★★★

‘I was confused and lost, but at the same time, songs kept coming out of me. I kept writing,’ says...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022

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