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Review of Urranta

Urranta

Deirdre Graham

Ashaig Music

Rating: ★★★

Deirdre Graham comes from a musical family on the Isle of Skye. After studying Gaelic song and clarsach at the...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: January/2021

Review of Mirador

Mirador

Fierce Flowers

Fierce Flowers

Rating: ★★★★

The English-language tracks of this album are fine, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by any fans of Po'Girl or First...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: July/2020

Review of Manuša

Manuša

Júlia Kozáková

Júlia Kozáková

Rating: ★★★

Júlia Kozáková is a young Slovakian singer who is, at present, studying at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2022

Review of Santuario/Sanctuary

Santuario/Sanctuary

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Movimientos Records

Rating: ★★★★

If you wanted a snapshot of contemporary Latin American music in the UK at this moment, then you couldn’t ask...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2021

Review of Enclosure

Enclosure

The Askew Sisters

Oakmere Music

Rating: ★★★★

The Askews have released some of the most striking folk music of recent years, from Hazel's involvement in Lady Maisery...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019

Review of Meeting

Meeting

AGA Trio

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

As travel becomes ever more constrained, transborder musical projects continue to flourish although the recent violent flare-up of the conflict...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2020

Review of Lullaby for Naila

Lullaby for Naila

London Lucumi Choir

London Lucumi Choir

Rating: ★★★★

How right-on do you like your music? The London Lucumi Choir is a community choir that doesn’t select through auditions....

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Polaris

Polaris

Folkatomik

ItalySona

Rating: ★★★★

Turin-dwelling musicians of southern Italian descent (Oreste Forestieri, Franco Montanaro and Valeria Quarta), delve into traditional forms from the southern...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2023

Review of Recife • 19

Recife • 19

DJ Dolores

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

While it might not be erupting in the manner of Barcelona or Hong Kong, the north-eastern Brazilian metropolis of Recife...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Doghouse

Doghouse

Kottarashky & The Rain Dogs

Asphalt Tango

Rating: ★★★

All is quiet on the Balkan front of late. One exception from the region is this jazzy new release from...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/February/2023

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