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Review of Naquêl Tempo Câ Tinha

Naquêl Tempo Câ Tinha

Elísio Gomes & Papá de Betina

Arabusta Records

Rating: ★★★

Elísio Gomes & Papá de Betina hail from Santa Catarina on Cape Verde's island of Santiago. Both were in their...

Reviewed by Bram Posthumus in issue: May/2023

Review of A Little Wilderness

A Little Wilderness

Jeri Foreman & Ruth Eliza

Scribe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Foreman is the founder of the Glasgow Old Time Session who has taken her old-time fiddle music around the world,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2025

Review of Portrait

Portrait

María Volonté

Network Medien

Rating: ★★★★

Well established and widely respected in her native Argentina, María Volonté is largely unknown in Europe. This, her European debut,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2011

Review of Common Nation of Sorrow

Common Nation of Sorrow

Rachel Baiman

Signature Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Americans are angry. The signs are hard to miss. Bluegrass and old-time banjo music are good for expressing these discontents,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2023

Review of Livre

Livre

Mário Pacheco

Sony Portugal

Rating: ★★★

A seminal figure in Portuguese music, the guitarist Mário Pacheco for many years ran the Clube de Fado in Lisbon...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

Admirers of 70s African music are living in high-cotton times, thanks to admirably dogged labels like Soundway and Analog Africa....

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Odyssee: A Journey Into the Light

Odyssee: A Journey Into the Light

Quadro Nuevo

GLM Music

Rating: ★★★★

Since their conception in 1996, this German outfit has toured the globe, released a raft of albums and scooped countless...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2022

Review of Rise & Shine

Rise & Shine

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Top of the World

Cumbancha CMBCD18

Rating: ★★★★

Following the acclaimed film documenting this group's journey from residents of a Guinean refugee camp to international touring band, Rise...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2010

Review of The Key

The Key

Blazin' Fiddles

Blazin'' Fiddles

Rating: ★★★★

What's not to love about Blazin' Fiddles? Comprising some of the best fiddlers on the Scottish traditional music scene today...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Gyezz

Gyezz

Söndörgő feat Chris Potter

Top of the World

GroundUP Music

Rating: ★★★★

Released on Michael League’s GroundUP Music label, this latest album from Hungarian five-piece Söndörgő features the distinguished US sax player...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2024

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