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Review of Bayou Moonlight

Bayou Moonlight

Jeffery Broussard & The Nighttime Syndicate

Fairgrounds Records

Rating: ★★★★

From the second that Bayou Moonlight’s opening track, ‘Whatever’, hits you, it’s readily apparent that you’re in for a wild,...

Reviewed by Andrew Daly in issue: July/2025

Review of The Willow Collection

The Willow Collection

Cassie and Maggie

Top of the World

Cassie & Maggie

Rating: ★★★★

Albums do not usually come as beautifully conceived and packaged as The Willow Collection from young Nova Scotian sisters Cassie...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017

Review of Albion Voice

Albion Voice

Bishi

Gryphon Records

Rating: ★★★★

She's a one-woman show wrapped in the colours of leftfield folk pop, Indian strings, art ensemble music and a broad...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013

Review of The Rise Up

The Rise Up

Mehmet Ali Sanhkol & Whatsnext?

Dünya

Rating: ★★★★

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol already sings, plays ney, zurna and oud, but that doesn’t discourage this Turkish-American from penning The Rise...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2020

Review of Unjugged

Unjugged

Jim Kweskin

Hornbeam

Rating: ★★★★

The Jim Kweskin Jug Band formed in 1963 and quickly leapt to the forefront of the US folk revival. In...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018

Review of Diamonds on the Water

Diamonds on the Water

Oysterband

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★★

After two years touring and picking upa brace of awards for Ragged Kingdom, Oysterband's reunion collaboration with June Tabor, Diamonds...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of The Color of Silence

The Color of Silence

Cecilia Zabala

Acoustic Music Records

Rating: ★★★★

Every now and again you find an artist whose music is like arrows ’ each note fired straight through your...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: June/2019

Review of Under Burning Skies

Under Burning Skies

The Souljazz Orchestra

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Breaking news: Souljazz Orchestra have discovered the synthesizer. But not in a bad way. After 15 years together, frequent tours,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2017

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 The Playhouse Sessions

The Playhouse Sessions

Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene

Rubicon Classics

Rating: ★★★★

‘How should I behave when I have a violin in my hand?’ asks the dazzling Norwegian violinist Bjarte Eike in...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2023

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