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Review of From Granmaw and Me

From Granmaw and Me

Hedy West

Fledg’ling Records

Rating: ★★★

These are the last recordings that the American singer and banjo player Hedy West ever made before she died in...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018

Review of Človek ni Zver

Človek ni Zver

Katalena

Založba Pivec

Rating: ★★★★

War never changes, so they say, and this collection of songs assembled around the theme of war and its victims...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2018

Review of Wheels of the World

Wheels of the World

Granny's Attic

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

This English folk trio may be young (they're only in their early 20s) but they're already celebrating a decade of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2019

Review of While You Were Slumbering

While You Were Slumbering

Joseph Decosimo

Top of the World

Sleepy Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Osty

Osty

Sutari

Unzipped Fly

Rating: ★★★★

The female trio Sutari have a unique sound world on the Polish music scene. The lyrics and music are largely...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2018

Review of Dos Medinas Blancas

Dos Medinas Blancas

Carmen Paris & Nabyla Maan

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★

The two white medinas of this album's title are Zaragoza and Fes, the home towns of established singer-songwriter Carmen Paris...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018

Review of A Parulluccia

A Parulluccia

L’Alba

Vocation Records

Rating: ★★★★

Alba emerged from the rebirth of Corsican music at the end of the 20th century, honouring the distinctive polyphony of...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: June/2018

Review of If He Dies, If If If If If If

If He Dies, If If If If If If

Jerusalem in My Heart

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of All in Always

All in Always

Laura Cortese

Laura Cortese

Rating: ★★★★

Most records represent a step forward, or sideways, away from their predecessors. With All in Always, Laura Cortese has made...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017

Review of Feyzullah Çinar Eserleri 1

Feyzullah Çinar Eserleri 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Kalan

Rating: ★★★★

If there’s any Turkish record label going to pay tribute to the Alevi-Bektaşi minstrel Feyzullah Çinar then it’s got to...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2024

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