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Review of Estudando o Samba

Estudando o Samba

Tom Zé

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★★

You will find a lot written of Tom Zé, calling him everything from a ‘cultural cannibal’ to a ‘revolutionary anarchist,’...

Reviewed by Brian Taylor in issue: April/2019

Review of Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983

Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983

Les Abranis

Bongo Joe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Here is another fabulously funky slice of history from Swiss label Bongo Joe; Amazigh Freedom Rock is a compilation from...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2023

Review of Accomplice Two

Accomplice Two

Tommy Emmanuel

CGP Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

A mutually inspired quest for excellence pervades AccompliceTwo. The much-anticipated follow-up to 2018's Accomplice One features Australian guitar wizard Tommy...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2023

Review of Dusk Moon

Dusk Moon

RURA

RURA

Rating: ★★★★

One of the finest bands on the Scottish folk scene returns with their fourth studio album, the atmospheric and thoroughly...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2023

Review of Melliken

Melliken

Väsen

Olov Johansson Musik

Rating: ★★★★★

The legendary group Väsen is like a golden thread running through Sweden's folk music, connecting past traditions and players, illuminating...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2023

Review of Flow Country

Flow Country

Westward the Light | Westward The Light

Braw Sailing Records

Rating: ★★★★

Westward the Light mark their fifth year as a trad quartet with Flow Country, their second album release. It's an...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2023

Review of Striding Out

Striding Out

Brown Boots

Brown Boots

Rating: ★★★★

London-based fiddle and melodeon duo Martin Clarke and Will Allen pulled on their Brown Boots and recorded their debut, First...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2023

Review of Corazones and Canciones

Corazones and Canciones

La Marisoul & Los Texmaniacs

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Confidently stating Mexican-American music's place within the American Roots tradition, singer La Marisoul has joined with Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs...

Reviewed by Patrick Mcmahon in issue: July/2023

Review of Medna Roso

Medna Roso

PJEV, Kit Downes & Hayden Chisholm

Red Hook Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is the kind of inter-cultural collaboration I can get into. Too often, such projects are the mooncalves of questions...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2023

Review of Kind of Folk, Vol 4 Iberia

Kind of Folk, Vol 4 Iberia

Groupa

All Ice Records

Rating: ★★★

Norwegian drummer Terje Isungset is best-known for wowing the world with his ice music, but he's also part of the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2023

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