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Review of Polygon

Polygon

Mihály Borbély

Fonó

Rating: ★★

Mihály Borbély is a Hungarian player of saxophone, clarinet and other wind instruments. In this live recording he's with the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Upstairs in a Tent

Upstairs in a Tent

Tellefs

Taragot Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Norwegian folk educator and multi-instrumentalist Tellef Kvifte has been a prominent figure in his native music scene for some years...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: September/2025

Review of Krope

Krope

Anton Anishchanka

Shatkavalka

Rating: ★★★★

There are three key elements to this environmental journey of an album. This Belarusian sound-shaper, from Minsk, captures carefully placed...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Le Bal Brotto Lopez

Le Bal Brotto Lopez

Brotto Lopez

L''autre Distribution

Rating: ★★

The duo of Cyrille Brotto (accordion) and Guillaume Lopez (voice, flute and fifes) were energetic contributors to the French Occitan-language...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: July/2013

Review of Together Not Apart

Together Not Apart

Backbeat Soundsystem

Easystar Records

Rating: ★★★

Cornwall may be famous for its coast, sunshine and laidback lifestyle – if you are a surfer with sufficient funds,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Moreland’s Ball

Moreland’s Ball

The Woohoo Revue

The Woohoo Revue

Rating: ★★★★

Melbourne ensemble The Woohoo Revue are one of those groups that’s impossible to categorise. Most would call them a ‘Gypsy’...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2012

Review of Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane

Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane

Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane

Top of the World

Discograph/Sterns

Rating: ★★★★

If you thought the comeback of Orchestra Baobab was heart– warming, the debut solo album of Ablaye Ndiaye Thiossane will...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Where You Wish You Were

Where You Wish You Were

Bill Laurance & Michael League

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★★

Michael League and Bill Laurance are leading figures of the massively popular collective Snarky Puppy, who snag everything from jazz,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: April/2023

Review of Cyprus Well

Cyprus Well

Jim Causley

Folk Police Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Cyprus Well is a terrace of small houses in Launceston, a town just west of the Tamar, the river between...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2013

Review of Tremendo Caché

Tremendo Caché

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Re-released and remastered on vinyl for its 50th anniversary, Tremendo Caché marked the second of a string of collaborations between...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2025

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