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Review of Daughter of the Spring

Daughter of the Spring

Mor Karbasi

Alama Records

Rating: ★★

Reviewing Mor Karbasi's debut CD, it was tempting to compare her with Yasmin Levy, a fellow Jerusalemborn Sephardic singer. It...

Reviewed by Dennis Marks in issue: June/2011

Review of Narrow Line

Narrow Line

Mama’s Broke

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

You’d be hard pressed to pinpoint the origins of Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke. Their album Narrow Line more than...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: July/2022

Review of Live at Vai Te Mihi

Live at Vai Te Mihi

Yoyo Tuki

Yoyo Tuki

Rating: ★★★★

The Pacific’s Rapa Nui – popularly known as Easter Island – is one of the most remote inhabited islands in...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022

Review of Zydeco: Black Creole French Music & Blues 1928-1972

Zydeco: Black Creole French Music & Blues 1928-1972

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★

Zydeco is Creole French for something lacking spice – food or gossip – and only came into common use in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Mother Nature

Mother Nature

Angélique Kidjo

Verve Records/Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

Angélique Kidjo has a pleasing way of making every release a unique project rather than just another album. After collaborating...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021

Review of Gákti

Gákti

Vassvik

heilo

Rating: ★★★

Sámi joik singing can be atmospheric and otherworldly, but Norway's Torgeir Vassvik pushes it to an eerie extreme. He chants...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Cordé Serré

Cordé Serré

Écorce

Écorce

Rating: ★★★

Celtic communities have helped to shape Québec's heritage and, whether of Breton, Cornish, Scottish, Welsh, Irish or Mannian origin, most...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2023

Review of Pass the Knowledge

Pass the Knowledge

The Mighty Diamonds

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

While Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert takes credit for coining the word reggae, and Bob Marley is widely considered reggae’s only true...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Live From Celtic Connections 2019

Live From Celtic Connections 2019

Transatlantic Sessions

Celtic Connections

Rating: ★★★★

Nearly a quarter of a century on and this group is still corralled by Shetland fiddler Aly Bain and his...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2019

Review of Expressions: Live in Toulouse

Expressions: Live in Toulouse

Natacha Atlas

Mazeeka Records

Rating: ★★★

What lies ahead for Natacha Atlas? It’s been 20 years since she played good fairy at the christening of world...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: July/2013

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