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Review of ELDA

ELDA

ELDA Trio

Two Rivers

Rating: ★★★

My first encounter with the Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale came earlier this year when I saw him presenting Catapluf's Musical...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016

Review of Songar frå Havdal

Songar frå Havdal

Unni Boksasp

TA:LIK TA42CD

Rating: ★★★★

I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop a couple of years ago led by the Norwegian singer...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2010

Review of Traces

Traces

Karie polwart

Top of the World

Hegri Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Traces is Polwart's fifth studio album and her talent for responsive and emotive lyrics combined with sweet melodies is just...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012

Review of Riva

Riva

Astrid Kuljanic Transatlantic Exploration Company

One Trick Dog Records

Rating: ★★★★

Not content with her training as a chemical engineer, Croatian Astrid Kuljanic decided after college to follow her first passion:...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2018

Review of XX

XX

Baba Zula

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Initially inspired by the Anatolian rock of Moğollar and Erkin Koray, Baba Zula pioneered the concept of Istanbul psychedelia mixing...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2017

Review of Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

Fotheringay

Universal

Rating: ★★★★★

It's titled Nothing More because there is nothing more by Fotheringay out there than the 52 tracks on this three-CD...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015

Review of Rivers from Ogun

Rivers from Ogun

Ticora

Inouie

Rating: ★★★

The French-Swiss quartet of organist Cédric Schaerer, drummer Hadrien Santos Da Silva, tenor sax player Arthur Donnot and guitarist Erwan...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle

Ingrid Henderson

Old Laundry Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Opening with the comforting sound of waves lapping on a shore, Ingrid Henderson’s new self-penned album is a beautifully atmospheric...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2021

Review of The Rough Guide to Acoustic India

The Rough Guide to Acoustic India

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Every track on this CD deserves to be played on repeat until they are all etched, beat for beat, into...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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

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