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Review of The InCider Sessions

The InCider Sessions

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

TCR

Rating: ★★★

Whatever fiddler Adam Summerhayes is on, I want some. He’s known for his formidable talent in classtcal and tolk traditions,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2020

Review of Maame

Maame

Cheikh Lô

Top of the World

World Circuit Records

Rating: ★★★★

When this reviewer rather recklessly gave up a well-paid staff job as a political correspondent at The Times some 30...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025

Review of Other Side of the Rock

Other Side of the Rock

Shane Howard

Shane Howard

Rating: ★★★★

Singer-songwriter Shane Howard is a quiet legend in Australia. Born of Irish-Catholic heritage and raised in rural Victoria, he’s one...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013

Review of Cartagena!

Cartagena!

Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72

Soundway

Rating: ★★★★

Aqui en la costa me vuelve loco’ (Here on the Coast I go Mad). So sings the great band leader...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

The Khoury Project

Institut du Monde Arabe

Rating: ★★★★★

This CD/DVD combination is absolutely brilliant, not least for the restoration of this ground-breaking animated film by the German Film...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2013

Review of Nacarile

Nacarile

iLe

Sony Music Latin

Rating: ★★★

‘I was confused and lost, but at the same time, songs kept coming out of me. I kept writing,’ says...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2022

Review of Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Un Canto por México, Vol 1

Natalia Lafourcade

Top of the World

Sony Music Entertainment México

Rating: ★★★★

Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of those superstars who makes the rest of us feel idle and talentless. She...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020

Review of In a Lifetime

In a Lifetime

Clannad

BMG 5 CDs

Rating: ★★★

Tickets are on sale for Clannad's farewell tour, and to go with it, various weights of a Best Of anthology,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020

Review of Acadian All Star Special

Acadian All Star Special

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bear Family

Rating: ★★★★

What a beautifully packaged project this is: a large box housing three CDs and a hardback book full of rare...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012

Review of Grand Ukulele

Grand Ukulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Hitchhike Records

Rating: ★★★

Like banjo maestro Bela Fleck, Japanese-Hawaiian ukulele whiz Jake Shimabukuro has been obsessed with expanding the repertoire and reputation of...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013

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