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Review of While You Were Slumbering

While You Were Slumbering

Joseph Decosimo

Top of the World

Sleepy Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2023

Review of If He Dies, If If If If If If

If He Dies, If If If If If If

Jerusalem in My Heart

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of Feyzullah Çinar Eserleri 1

Feyzullah Çinar Eserleri 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Kalan

Rating: ★★★★

If there’s any Turkish record label going to pay tribute to the Alevi-Bektaşi minstrel Feyzullah Çinar then it’s got to...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2024

Review of Ilo Veyou

Ilo Veyou

Camille

EMI France

Rating: ★★★★

Le Fil was a quirky yet sophisticated collection of finely wrought songs. Its follow-up, Music Hole, tended to push the...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of L’Ultime Concert

L’Ultime Concert

Astor Piazzolla with Manos Hadjidakis and the Orchestre Athénien des Couleurs

Milan

Rating: ★★★

Originally released in 1996 (as Bandoneón Sinfónico), this ‘last concert’ album is now appearing, according to the French-only album notes,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Flat as the Earth

Flat as the Earth

Lonesome George

Lonesome George

Rating: ★★★★

Here's a welcome surprise from Belfast: traditional Irish music filtered through an easy-going 1960s West Coast vibe, with a splash...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2018

Review of High on Life

High on Life

Marvara

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

What hits you immediately upon initially listening to Marvara’s debut release is the incredible whirlwind of energy coming from the...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: May/2022

Review of When the Sun Comes Up

When the Sun Comes Up

The Lonesome Ace Stringband

Lonesome Ace Stringband

Rating: ★★★

The third studio album by Toronto's Lonesome Ace Stringband underscores the trio's reputation as a tightly knit unit committed to...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2018

Review of Swar Lahari

Swar Lahari

Avra Banerjee

Avra Banerjee

Rating: ★★★

Composer Avra Banerjee’s latest album draws, as is characteristic of his work, predominantly on his South Asian roots, but with...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: August/2025

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

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