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Review of Foxglove & Fuschia

Foxglove & Fuschia

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Rating: ★★★★

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's first solo album in five years sees the former Danú frontwoman returning to her West Kerry roots...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2018

Review of Al Andalus

Al Andalus

Gregorio Paniagua

Harmonia Mundi/Musique d’Abord HMA 195389

Rating: ★★

This is a strange and frustrating disc. It’s a digital remastering of an analogue recording first issued more than 30...

Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: July/2010

Review of Morso

Morso

Dimitris Mystakidis

Fishbowl Music Tank

Rating: ★★★★

Guitarist and singer Dimitris Mystakidis is well-versed in the traditions of both Greek folk music and, especially, rebetika. And he...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2023

Review of Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall

Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall

Alasdair Roberts

Drag City Records

Rating: ★★★★

Roberts has released a number of albums devoted to traditional songs over the course of the past two decades, 2010's...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2023

Review of Lay Your Dark Low

Lay Your Dark Low

Salt House

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

This four-piece really do knock out a great song. They’re tight, confident and manage to make folk music sound contemporary...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2014

Review of Rewind

Rewind

Fásta

Fásta

Rating: ★★★

The title, Rewind, could be a hint that to fully appreciate this album's strengths you’ll need to head back to...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of RAMU

RAMU

Mickey Hart

Verve Forecast

Rating: ★★★★

Although it's named after the Random Access Musical Universe (RAMU) sampling database that he created, what former Grateful Dead drummer...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2018

Review of Nordic Raga

Nordic Raga

Jyotsna Srikanth, Mats Edén, Dan Svensson & Pär Moberg

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

The fiddle traditions of Sweden and southern India are both long established but are as far apart, musically and...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: May/2018

Review of Sleeping Giants

Sleeping Giants

Unfurl

Unfurl

Rating: ★★★★

Formed by violinist/bandleader Olivia Moore, Unfurl is a Manchester-based collective that draws upon contemporary jazz and Indian classical music, partially...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2022

Review of Tango Roto Live

Tango Roto Live

Johanna Juhola & Reaktori

JJ

Rating: ★★★★

Johanna Juhola has earned herself a reputation as one of the finest Finnish accordionists to emerge in recent years: a...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2011

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