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Review of Lamomali

Lamomali

Lamomali

Labo M/Wagram Music

Rating: ★★

There is an uncredited English saying: ‘Be not deceived with the appearance of things, for show is not substance.’ It...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: August/2017

Review of Dañs!

Dañs!

Yann-Fañch Kemener Trio

Coop Breizh

Rating: ★★★★

Take a voice steeped in Breton tradition, team it with two musicians from a younger generation, and have another look...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: November/2017

Review of BaHarim: An Oud Fantasy

BaHarim: An Oud Fantasy

Gad Tidhar

Gad Tidhar

Rating: ★★★★

‘Set against a starry desert backdrop,’ Tidhar says, ‘my music is a meeting between me and the oud.’ True to...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Lunar

Lunar

Ross Daly & Kelly Thoma

Ross Daly

Rating: ★★★★

This double CD is a fascinating mix. The legendary lyra player Ross Daly and his student, the equally brilliant musician...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2018

Review of Chasing the Light

Chasing the Light

The Old Dance School

Transition Records

Rating: ★★

The Birmingham-based Old Dance School’s debut album Forecast was full of the first flush of recording excitement; a follow-up was...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig & Friends

Robbie Greig

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh-based and steeped in the Gaelic tradition, Robbie Grieg has enlisted a fine set of friends for his debut album,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2017

Review of Saints and Scoundrels

Saints and Scoundrels

Sharon Shannon

Top of the World

IRL DLCD036

Rating: ★★★★

The virtuoso accordionist from Doolin in County Clare is certainly not short of a few friends on this wild wagon-train...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of High Moon Order

High Moon Order

Betse Ellis

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bluegrass music is not going to hell in the hands of young post-rock performers, rest assured. But I have detected...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of A Casual Invocation

A Casual Invocation

Cunning Folk

Dharma Records

Rating: ★★★★

George Hoyle, aka Cunning Folk, is a folklorist, storyteller, folk artist, magical ritualist, a former member of Gay Dad, Circulus,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020

Review of Saigon Supersound, 1965-75 Volume 1

Saigon Supersound, 1965-75 Volume 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

INFRACom!

Rating: ★★★★

Five years after Sublime Frequencies' release Saigon Rock and Soul – Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974 (reviewed in #85), here is...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: October/2017

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