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Review of So a Cantar

So a Cantar

Duarte

Alain Vachier Music Editions

Rating: ★★★★

Three years ago, on his album Sem Dor Nem Piedade, Duarte dove deep into his mourning for a lost love;...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Yarrow Acoustic Sessions

Yarrow Acoustic Sessions

Lori Watson

Isle Music

Rating: ★★★

Lori Watson grew up in the Scottish Borders, an area where there seems to be a ballad around every bend...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018

Review of Gossip

Gossip

Khaira Arby

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

This is veteran Malian singer Khaira Arby's first album in five years, recorded in 2010 and 2012 in various parts...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015

Review of Summertime

Summertime

Les Bottines Artistiques

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★★

Les Bottines Artistiques (The Artistic Boots) are a young instrumental duo with faces as youthful as their music sounds. As...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018

Review of Tibet: Music & Prayers from the Yellow Hats Monasteries, Tashilhunpo, Ganden, Séra

Tibet: Music & Prayers from the Yellow Hats Monasteries, Tashilhunpo, Ganden, Séra

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

Since the early 1960s, most releases by the 15th-century Reformed School Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhist monks have been recorded at their...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2016

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

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