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Review of New Music for the Harp of Avalon

New Music for the Harp of Avalon

Fane

Fane

Rating: ★★★

New Music for the Harp of Avalon is the latest release from Brighton-based musician and producer Fane. Where Fane’s previous...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Violet Sky

Violet Sky

Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Helen Gentile (Monkey See Monkey Do) and Lewis Wood (Granny’s Attic) reunite for Violet Sky, their second album of original...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Return to Kielderside

Return to Kielderside

Kathryn Tickell

Top of the World

Resilient Records

Rating: ★★★★★

When she was 16 Kathryn Tickell borrowed a tape recorder and spent a weekend in her parents’ kitchen with friends...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller

Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller

Trèvol

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Trèvol present themselves as a young quartet picking on traditional instruments and repertoire, while inserting jazz, pop and folk elements....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Tapestry

Tapestry

Vazesh

Earshift Music

Rating: ★★★

Vazesh is an Australia-based trio that brings together an unexpected combination of instruments. At the heart of the sound is...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Following

Following

Pédro Kouyaté

Quai Son Records

Rating: ★★★★

Malian-born Pédro Kouyaté has made his way in music as a disciple of Toumani Diabaté, a member of the Symétric...

Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: May/2025

Review of Ti Galé

Ti Galé

René Lacaille

Top of the World

Lamastrock / Do Bwa

Rating: ★★★★

Ti Galé is an album of exuberant solo accordion music by René Lacaille, venerable master of sega, the dance music...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2025

Review of Saboreando – Pot Full of Soul

Saboreando – Pot Full of Soul

The 107th Street Stickball Team

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★

This pick-up outfit featured in Vampisoul’s marvellous retrospective of producer Bobby Marín’s work, We’ve Got a Groovy Thing Going [reviewed...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2025

Review of Pool

Pool

Ross Ainslie

Great White Records

Rating: ★★★

Did someone say ‘funky folk’? Yes? Well, you’ve come to the right place. The sixth studio album from multi-instrumentalist Ross...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2025

Review of Teeth of Time

Teeth of Time

Joshua Burnside

Top of the World

Nettwerk Records

Rating: ★★★★

Belfast-based singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside’s latest album ranges from the atmospheric opener ‘Teeth of Time: Mountain’ – its first half a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025

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