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Review of Griot Blues

Griot Blues

Mighty Mo Rodgers & Baba Sissoko

One Root Music

Rating: ★★★

The septuagenarian black American bluesman Mighty Mo Rodgers and the Malian griot Baba Sissoko met on tour in Lithuania in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018

Review of Ilmamõtsan

Ilmamõtsan

Mari Kalkun

Mari Kalkun

Rating: ★★★★

Mari Kalkun released her debut album ten years ago. Since then she has performed in many parts of the world...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2018

Review of Colors of Brazil

Colors of Brazil

Cabruêra

Top of the World

Tumi Music

Rating: ★★★★

One of Brazil's most unclassifiable bands is back with a major international release. Bringing together Cabruêra's two most recent albums...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2015

Review of String Theory

String Theory

We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3

Rating: ★★★★

Galway quartet We Banjo 3 here press home their ‘Celticgrass’ crossover credentials with their most confident and accomplished release to...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2016

Review of Anthologie

Anthologie

Lili Boniche

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

An energetic and multi-talented singer and lutenist, Lili Boniche was born in the Jewish sector of the Algiers Casbah in1921...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: March/2013

Review of Syzygy

Syzygy

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

Culburnie Records

Rating: ★★★

Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his longtime musical partner, Californian cellist Natalie Haas, released their first set as a duo...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2021

Review of Médikamen

Médikamen

Corey Ledet Zydeo

Top of the World

Arnaudville/Nouveau Electric

Rating: ★★★★★

Now 15 albums deep, the music of Texas-born, Louisiana-living zydeco busker Corey Ledet remains as vital as ever. However, this...

Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: January/February/2024

Review of Bridge of Glass

Bridge of Glass

Plønk

Cetra Records

Rating: ★★★★

Christian Mohr Levisen hails from Denmark, while his musical partner Björn Kaidel comes from Germany. Together, they record as Plønk,...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: October/2025

Review of New World, Lonely Ride

New World, Lonely Ride

Michael Grigoni & Pan•American

Kranky

Rating: ★★★

New World, Lonely Ride is the debut of guitar-centric original music by Michael Grigoni & Pan•American. Drawing on elements of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2025

Review of Living in the Light

Living in the Light

Tommy Emmanuel

CGP Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Tommy Emmanuel wrote ‘Scarlett’s World’, the first single from Living in the Light, the Australian guitar wizard’s latest full-length album,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026

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