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Review of And Even the Sheep Shall Dance / A Little Bit Slanted (with Molly Donnery) / Tales of Colonsay (with Jessie Summerhayes)

And Even the Sheep Shall Dance / A Little Bit Slanted (with Molly Donnery) / Tales of Colonsay (with Jessie Summerhayes)

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

Under the Eaves Records

Rating: ★★★

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The Ciderhouse Rebellion must be the most prolific outfit in folk...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2024

Review of New Stories

New Stories

Eve Crazy & Mar Yo

Eve Crazy & Mar Yo

Rating: ★★★

This duo recording presents an intriguing clash of cultures. Eve Crazy is a Senegalese female rapper perhaps best-known as a...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: July/2024

Review of BUTU

BUTU

KOKOKO!

Transgressive Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Hitting heavy from the outset, BUTU is rampant with punk energy and mind melting psychedelic polyphony – an appropriate successor...

Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: August/2024

Review of You’ve Been a Friend to Me

You’ve Been a Friend to Me

Sonya Cohen Cramer

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

Sonya Cohen Cramer was a remarkable singer born into a distinguished American folk music family; her father was John Cohen...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: August/2024

Review of Instrumentals Vol 2: Mandolin Mysteries

Instrumentals Vol 2: Mandolin Mysteries

Jacob Jolliff

Adhyâropa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Newberg, Oregon, native Jacob Jolliff’s new album, Instrumentals Vol 2: Mandolin Mysteries, is a cleverly conceived collection of acoustic string...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2024

Review of Black Star Liner

Black Star Liner

Fred Locks

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

Disillusioned with the financial side of the Jamaican music industry after working with such harmony groups as The Lyrics (who...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2024

Review of 2gether

2gether

Yinon Muallem & Saman Alias

Suznak Records

Rating: ★★★

An intriguing meeting of two Iraqi Jewish artists who have spent years in Israel and Turkey (in the case of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024

Review of Comfort Food

Comfort Food

Kiran Ahluwalia

Top of the World

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

Indo-Canadian singer Kiran Ahluwalia has flown somewhat under the radar in Europe, winning Songlines’ 2009 Best Newcomer award only after...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2024

Review of like the sky I’ve been too quiet

like the sky I’ve been too quiet

ganavya

Native Rebel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Born in New York and raised in Tamil Nadu, ganavya has gradually cultivated a glowing reputation as an interdisciplinary artist,...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2024

Review of Rundsnurrknurr

Rundsnurrknurr

Hulbækmo & Jacobsen Familieorkester

heilo

Rating: ★★★★★

My first encounter with Hans Hulbækmo was when he was a final year student at the Trondheim Conservatoire, the outstanding...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024

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