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Review of Oldies and Old Time

Oldies and Old Time

Ivan Rosenberg

Vole-O-Tone

Rating: ★★★★

Ivan Rosenberg seems to care about the material he creates or interprets, as well as about who’s listening to the...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Connectivity

Connectivity

Grace Petrie

Grace Petrie

Rating: ★★★★

Grace Petrie has her huge following of loyal fans and their propensity for singing in mind on her aptly-named new...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: December/2021

Review of Manannan's Cloak

Manannan's Cloak

Barrule

Wardfell Records

Rating: ★★★★

Manannan is the Celtic sea god who protects the Isle of Man from invasion by shrouding it in mist. There...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015

Review of Mujeres

Mujeres

Diana Baroni, Ronald Martin Alonso & Rafael Guel

Aparté

Rating: ★★★★

Mujeres weaves together classical and Latin styles in a breathtaking tribute to the women of the New World. The album...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2023

Review of Set Sela

Set Sela

Guiss Guiss Bou Bess

Top of the World

Hélico

Rating: ★★★★★

In a part of the world where a music scene is starting to make itself heard, Senegal's Guiss Guiss Bou...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2020

Review of alterum

alterum

Julie Fowlis

Machair Records

Rating: ★★★★

In her own cool and exquisite way, Julie Fowlis is moving on. She became an international star by singing traditional...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2017

Review of Love Songs Vol 2

Love Songs Vol 2

Yishak Banjaw

Teranga Beat

Rating: ★★★★

In 1986, Yishak Banjaw sat down at home to record an album of traditional Ethiopian music, using a borrowed Casio...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017

Review of BEA

BEA

Spindle Ensemble

Adderwell Music

Rating: ★★★★

BEA is one of those rare studio albums that makes the listener feel as if they're actually present at a...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Release the Penguins

Release the Penguins

TG Collective

Stoney Lane Music

Rating: ★★★★

Flamenco, jazz and Gypsy swing mingle together in the world of the TG Collective, a guitar-led sextet from a British...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012

Review of The Warp and the Weft

The Warp and the Weft

Wisaal

Wisaal

Rating: ★★★★

I have to confess that Wisaal’s description of themselves as an ‘Arabic-influenced world music ensemble based in Lansing, Michigan’ tripped...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2013

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