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Review of Changeable Heart

Changeable Heart

Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly

Pure Records

Rating: ★★★★

Notman first hit the folk scene back in 2007 with her debut, Threads, leading to a nomination for the BBC...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019

Review of Wake the Union

Wake the Union

Show of Hands

Top of the World

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

The latest album from Devon duo Steve Knightleyand Phil Beer exhibits their trademark concern for making folk music speak to...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Lament in a Deep Style

Lament in a Deep Style

Kitsos Harisiadis

Third Man Records

Rating: ★★★★

Christopher King is a collector of music from Epirus, the rugged northwestern Greek territory. He has compiled four previous CDs,...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: November/2018

Review of Tamburising: Lost Music of the Balkans

Tamburising: Lost Music of the Balkans

Söndörgȍ

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

The tamburica, which comes in various shapes and sizes that may resemble a guitar, a long-necked mandolin, or a bass...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Unzip the Horizon

Unzip the Horizon

Moira Smiley

Top of the World

Moira Smiley

Rating: ★★★★★

Unzip the Horizon is a remarkable document for many reasons. First and foremost there is Moira Smiley's voice, which commands...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2018

Review of nOUD

nOUD

theoudplayer

theoudplayer

Rating: ★★★

Antranig Kzirian is theoudplayer, a Philadelphia-born musician of Armenian extraction who has learned his craft from members of his country's...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2018

Review of Who Are We?

Who Are We?

Al-Qasar

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

Born in the largely Algerian neighbourhood of Barbès in Paris, the quintet Al-Qasar mixes hypnotic North African trance grooves and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022

Review of Kambek (I Lilikun Mulai)

Kambek (I Lilikun Mulai)

George Telek

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

George Mamua Telek MBE has long been a music legend in Papua New Guinea. His fame stems from his time...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Quiero Creedence

Quiero Creedence

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Concord Picante

Rating: ★★★

The unlikely inspiration for this exuberant Latino tribute to the songs John Fogarty wrote for his band Creedence Clearwater Revival...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016

Review of Spleen

Spleen

Smadj

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

Since 2000, with Equilibriste, Franco-Tunisian artist Smadj has broadened the limits of his electrified oud's sound through the band DuOud,...

Reviewed by Jean Berry in issue: October/2015

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