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Review of Memory Drop

Memory Drop

Oi Va Voi

V2 Records

Rating: ★★★★

After losing such strong musical personalities as founding members Sophie Solomon and Lemez Lovas, a less dedicated and stubborn band...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Grit

Grit

Martyn Bennett

Top of the World

Real World Gold

Rating: ★★★★★

It's hard to believe it's been 11 years since Martyn Bennett's Grit was first released. The last album recorded before...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2014

Review of Right of Passage

Right of Passage

Touki

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Franco-American guitar and banjo player Cory Seznec and Senegalese guitarist-turned-kora player Amadou Diagne first met while busking on the streets...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Polyglot Pike

Polyglot Pike

Trio Mio

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★

Now on their fifth album, Trio Mio have an impressive collection of awards from their previous releases. Swede Jens Ulvsand,...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: March/2019

Review of Amansara

Amansara

Chancha Via Circuito

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★

Chancha Via Circuito is one of a group of producers that emerged from Buenos Aires in the mid-2000s as part...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of In a Box

In a Box

Megson

EDJ Records

Rating: ★★★

The name of husband-and-wife duo Megson is now familiar on the English folk circuit. Their first studio album in four...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2014

Review of About Land

About Land

Mira Pardelha

Mira Pardelha

Rating: ★★★

Mira Pardelha's story starts in 1998 when Canadian musicians Jason Breckenridge and Ian Brimacombe were flatmates in Lisbon and first...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2020

Review of Brazil: Sambossica 3

Brazil: Sambossica 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Afro Baile Records

Rating: ★★

There is so much exciting music coming out of Brazil right now. However you wouldn’t think so from Sambossica 3....

Reviewed by DJ Cliffy in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Holts and Hovers

Holts and Hovers

Three Cane Whale

Three Cane Whale

Rating: ★★★★

Three Cane Whale comprise Spiro member Alex Vann, Get The Blessing’s trumpeter Pete Judge and guitarist Paul Bradley of the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Birl-esque

Birl-esque

Eilidh Shaw & Ross Martin

Rhubana Records

Rating: ★★★

Birl – meaning to dance or, in relation to the fiddle, a rapid percussive shivering of the bow – is...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2018

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