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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 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

Review of The Far Side of the Glen

The Far Side of the Glen

Derek McGinley & Tara Connaghan

McGinley & Connaghan

Rating: ★★★★

From the opening notes of The Far Side of the Glen, if you know anything about Irish fiddle music you’ll...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2013

Review of Identity

Identity

Black Rock Band

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the mining-tourist town of Jabiru, within the Northern Territory’s incredible Kakadu National Park, Black Rock Band follow up...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021

Review of Sentimento Popolare

Sentimento Popolare

Camilla Barbarito

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Camilla Barbarito's musical journey is a rich and meandering one: as a young girl she spent time in Mali, and...

Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: April/2019

Review of Lust

Lust

Louisa Lyne & Di Yiddishe Kapelye

Maestro Music

Rating: ★★★

Winning Der Idisher Idol 2019 has brought Louisa Lyne and her group Di Yiddishe Kapelye into prominence. Released on September...

Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Murmuration

Murmuration

Coracle

Tam Records

Rating: ★★★

Coracle are accordionist Paul Hutchinson, formerly of the beloved Belshazzar’s Feast with the late Paul Sartin, plus singer and multi-instrumentalist...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Paradise

Paradise

Dub Inc

Diversité

Rating: ★★

Dub Inc are a multicultural force in French music, famous at home for giving Saint- Étienne’s Algerian minority a place...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2014

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