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Review of Owerset

Owerset

Sarah-Jane Summers

Sarah-Jane Summers

Rating: ★★★

Surrounded by the bowed drones of Bridget Marsden's fiddle, Leif Ottosson's accordion and Morten Kvam's double bass, Sarah-Jane Summers' fiddle...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2019

Review of The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs

The Beautiful Old: Turn of the Century Songs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doubloon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived by producers Paul Marsteller and Gabe Rhodes, The Beautiful Old, has a truly beautiful concept: to breathe back to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Gift

Gift

Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson

Top of the World

Topic Records TSCD579

Rating: ★★★★★

Although Eliza Carthy has sung with her mother all her life, and recorded and toured with her in Waterson: Carthy,...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Listen to the Banned

Listen to the Banned

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Top of the World

Grappa HCD7249

Rating: ★★★★★

You need to hear this record – as much for the quality of the music as for what it represents....

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Didj Heart

Didj Heart

Charlie McMahon & Gondwana

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Whitefella Aussie bushman Charlie McMahon is of Irish heritage, but he’s been experimenting with the traditional Aboriginal didgeridoo since 1956....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012

Review of Tassili

Tassili

Tinariwen

V2/Co-Op

Rating: ★★★★

Once Tinariwen became indie rock's favourite African act, it was probably only a matter of time before they recorded their...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2011

Review of Nim Dong

Nim Dong

Eishan Ensemble

Art as Catharsis

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived by Australia-based Iranian tar (long-necked lute) virtuoso and composer Hamed Sadeghi, Eishan Ensemble is a rare attempt in fusing...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: November/2018

Review of At Complete Ease

At Complete Ease

John Carty & Brian Rooney

Racket Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fiddler Brian Rooney first met banjoist John Carty in London in the early 1970s. At that time there was a...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: October/2011

Review of The No Testament

The No Testament

Sam Carter

Captain Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sam Carter released his debut album, Keepsakes, three years ago, demonstrating an advanced guitar -picking skill honed from the mentorship...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012

Review of Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980

Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vlax Records

Rating: ★★★★★

When students Philip Knox and Nathaniel Morris found they shared a passion for Balkan music, specifically the kind discovered in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

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