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Review of Wonderland

Wonderland

Martha Spencer

Martha Spencer

Rating: ★★★★

The first thing that hits you is the voice. Bright, clear, high-pitched, as sharply faceted as polished amethyst, tinged with...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2022

Review of Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron

Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

TCR

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second part of the Genius Loci project from the prolific instrumental duo of fiddler Adam Summerhayes and...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2022

Review of Painted Sands

Painted Sands

Karavan Sarai

Electrofone Music

Rating: ★★★★

You can almost taste the spices and smell the sweat of the Silk Road, the kicked-up dirt from millions of...

Reviewed by Leander Hobbs in issue: July/2018

Review of The Blue Room

The Blue Room

Martin Hayes Quartet

251 Records

Rating: ★★★

A fiddler with a characteristically delicate touch, Martin Hayes has won worldwide respect for his unique take on Irish traditional...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Never More Together

Never More Together

Oliver Swain's Big Machine

Oliver Swain

Rating: ★★★

Oliver Swain is clearly a very talented chap. Not only does he play double-bass, banjo and guitar extremely well, but...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2016

Review of A Moss'!

A Moss'!

La Mòssa

La Curieuse

Rating: ★★★★

La Mòssa – ‘The Movement’ – refers to the café-chantant scene of Naples in the 1920s and describes the alluring...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: December/2019

Review of Bubbling

Bubbling

Mawimbi

Mawimbi Records

Rating: ★★★

Led by Yannick Van Ter Beek and Adrien Colle, the Paris-based collective Mawimbi have become ambassadors for all things Afro-electro,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021

Review of Ranky Tanky

Ranky Tanky

Ranky Tanky

Ranky Tanky

Rating: ★★★

Ranky Tanky are a quintet from South Carolina who have quite a professional pedigree behind them: vocalist Quiana Parler has...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017

Review of Mãe

Mãe

Cristina Branco

Locomotiva Azul

Rating: ★★★★

Cristina Branco has always been a bit reluctant to call herself a fadista. And it is not hard to understand...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2023

Review of Vapor

Vapor

Bixiga 70

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

This engrossing fifth album from the São Paulo groove collective finds the band exploring a much wider musical palette. A...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2023

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