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Review of Gnoss

Gnoss

Gnoss

Gnoss Music

Rating: ★★★

Gnoss are young Orcadians Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin) and Aidan Moodie (guitar and vocals), and this is a confident...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016

Review of 60 Horses in My Herd

60 Horses in My Herd

Huun-Huur-Tu

Jaro

Rating: ★★★

This (vinyl only) re-release of the first album by Tuva's premier throat singing group is a welcome reminder of Kaigal-ool...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: March/2018

Review of DNA

DNA

Flavia Coelho

Le Label/[PIAS]

Rating: ★★★★

Expatriate life can widen an artist's range or dilute their roots, or perhaps both. The work of Flavia Coelho from...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Pieds Nus

Pieds Nus

Soadan

Tinker Label/Foudrage/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★

Grégory Audrain, Jean-Marie Lemasson and Armel Goupil are the three multi-instrumentalists that make up French fusion group Soadan. After spending...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: July/2022

Review of The Gambia Sessions

The Gambia Sessions

Musa Mboob & XamXam

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Gambian singer and percussionist Musa Mboob leads a core quartet of UK players augmented by another four guests, who collectively...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2019

Review of Transe de Papier

Transe de Papier

Lo'Jo

Top of the World

Yotanka

Rating: ★★★★★

Welcome to a world of poetry nourished by multiple musical influences from various remote corners of the planet. The latest...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: January/2021

Review of Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon

Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★

It is always welcome to see albums of music that bring more local traditions to a wider audience, and this...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2014

Review of Peace Love Ukulele

Peace Love Ukulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Hitchhike

Rating: ★★

With his new catchphrase – ‘if everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place’ – Hawaiian ukulele...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of The Butterfly

The Butterfly

Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider

Top of the World

In a Circle/251 Records

Rating: ★★★★

Teaming up with classical musicians has almost become a rite of passage for the accomplished traditional musician. Sometimes such collaborations...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2019

Review of Supra

Supra

Iberi

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Unaccompanied Georgian choral music has become hugely and globally popular among listeners and amateur singers, and there are plentiful examples...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: June/2022

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