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Review of Djudjon: L’Oiseau de Garana

Djudjon: L’Oiseau de Garana

Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko

One World Records

Rating: ★★★★

Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba have been ambassadors for Bamana jeli (griot) ngoni music since their debut in 2007....

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/2024

Review of The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert

The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert

Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Youn

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★★

The immediate (and significant) feeling I got when I first started listening to this 1965 concert was one of privilege;...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: August/2024

Review of Telyn Wrachïod

Telyn Wrachïod

Rhodri Davies | VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Top of the World

Amgen

Rating: ★★★★★

We all need to escape from time to time, physically, mentally, spiritually. Listening to Rhodri Davies’ latest and eighth album...

Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: August/2024

Review of Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free

Bonny Light Horseman

Jagjaguwar

Rating: ★★★

With Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free, Bonny Light Horseman deliver a capacious collection of acoustic Americana. The process...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2024

Review of Live in Dublin

Live in Dublin

Lankum

Rough Trade Records

Rating: ★★★★

It pains me to give this only four stars. As with any live recording, this is essentially a collection of...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: August/2024

Review of Cadair Idris

Cadair Idris

Awen Ensemble

New Soil

Rating: ★★★

Cadair Idris is the debut album from the Leeds-based eight-piece folk-jazz collective Awen Ensemble. Awen, meaning ‘poetic inspiration’ in Welsh,...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: August/2024

Review of Carrousel

Carrousel

El Comité

Caramba Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since being based in France, the Cuban jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa seems to have been in constant demand. On this,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2024

Review of Radio Masoda

Radio Masoda

Franck Biyong

Tangential Music

Rating: ★★★★

On this, his latest of 20 albums, the Paris-based guitarist and composer adds to his native Cameroonian music generous pinches...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024

Review of Withershins

Withershins

Jamie Dickson

Jamie Dickson

Rating: ★★★★

Withershins is the debut solo album from Glastonbury-based guitarist Jamie Dickson. A homage to British folk guitar legends such as...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024

Review of Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana

Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana

Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana

Ipecac Records

Rating: ★★★★

Now here’s an intriguing album. Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana is an impressive experimental guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Italy who has built...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024

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