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Review of Avalanche

Avalanche

Ímar

Big Mann Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ímar, a quintet who met on Glasgow's trad music scene, form an alliance of Scottish, Irish and Manx idioms. Their...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2018

Review of Raivopyörä

Raivopyörä

Maija Kauhanen

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

Maija Kauhanen has emerged in recent years as a strong new presence on the Finnish folk scene, first as a...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2017

Review of 30: Happy Returns

30: Happy Returns

Kate Rusby

Pure Records

Rating: ★★★★

To celebrate 30 years as a performing musician Kate Rusby has selected songs from her 18 previous albums and recorded...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2022

Review of Geminus

Geminus

Kane Mathis

Kane Mathis

Rating: ★★★

In a way you could say Mathis spent more than 20 years making this album – even though he eventually...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2021

Review of Cycling Music

Cycling Music

Richard Durrant

Long Man Records

Rating: ★★

Richard Durrant is a brave man – he is attempting to tour his new album around the UK by bike....

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of World Spirituality Classics, Vol 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah

World Spirituality Classics, Vol 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah

Alhaji Waziri Oshomah

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★★

When Alhaji Waziri Oshomah started his band in Afenmailand in southern Nigeria’s Edo state they would walk miles to gigs...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Review of Sròmos

Sròmos

James Duncan Mackenzie

James Mackenzie Music

Rating: ★★★

Piper and flute player with popular Scottish band Breabach, James Duncan Mackenzie comes from Back on the Isle of Lewis...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2018

Review of Levanta Poeira

Levanta Poeira

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Jazz & Milk Recordings

Rating: ★★

Levanta Poeira is a puzzling musical object. Compiler DJ Tahira is a well-known vinyl digger based in São Paulo and...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2018

Review of Opus

Opus

Afenginn

Westpark Music 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★

While on tour in Australia, Finnish-born Copenhagen-based Kim Rafael Nyberg, Afenginn's frontman and composer, suffered an accident that left him...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017

Review of Morning Meditation

Morning Meditation

Sumeet Anand Pandey

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★★

Sumeet Anand Pandey is a tenth generation singer of dhrupad, India’s ancient song form that began as devotional music in...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: January/2021

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