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Review of Fringe Music

Fringe Music

Open String Department

Just for the Records

Rating: ★★★★

A trio of Norwegian jazz instrumentalists took a road trip in the Appalachian mountains; this whip-smart, virtuosic album of improvised...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of From Mountain to Mountain

From Mountain to Mountain

Mary McPartlan

Claddagh Records

Rating: ★★★

The death in 2015 of Kentucky-born Jean Ritchie at the age of 92 saw the passing of a leading American...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2016

Review of Taisa

Taisa

Mec Yek

Chouxsupde Bruxelles

Rating: ★★★★

Mec Yek is the meeting of Slovakian Roma sisters, Katia and Milka Pohlodkova, with the Belgian ‘Euro-roots outfit’ Jaune Toujours....

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2022

Review of Duw Duw

Duw Duw

Dai & The Ramblers

Just Peachy Records

Rating: ★★★

An abiding affinity for Cajun and zydeco music permeates Duw Duw, the debut album by London-based singer-guitarist Dai Price and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2014

Review of People of the Sun

People of the Sun

Anthony Joseph

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Anthony Joseph was raised in Trinidad, shifted to London and has, over recent decades, made a name for himself as...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018

Review of Azar

Azar

Karvan Trio

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

It’s something of a cliché to declare that a particular album would make a great soundtrack for a long journey....

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013

Review of Fire Under the Bridge

Fire Under the Bridge

Pons Aelius

Pons Aelius Music

Rating: ★★★

This sextet of folk musicians came together in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in northern England, in the shadow of the mighty Tyne Bridge,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020

Review of Live at the NCH

Live at the NCH

The Gloaming

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

Dublin's National Concert Hall has become a home from home for The Gloaming – they spent seven nights there in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2018

Review of The Elusive Highland Beauty

The Elusive Highland Beauty

The Elephant Sessions

The Elephant Sessions

Rating: ★★★

With their debut funded by a Kickstarter campaign, The Elephant Sessions describe themselves as a ‘neo-trad quintet forged in the...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Siphr

Siphr

Naima Shalhoub

Naima Shalhoub

Rating: ★★★

Siphr (Zero) is the first studio album by the Lebanese-American musician, artist and educator Naima Shalhoub. With playing and writing...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

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