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Review of Tuath: Songs of the Northlands

Tuath: Songs of the Northlands

Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

Brian Ó hEadhra and Fiona Mackenzie have been working together for 25 years now, notably in the bands Anam and...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: May/2020

Review of Bamako

Bamako

Sophie Lukacs

Sophie Lukacs

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Budapest but now resident in Canada, Lukacs grew up with Hungarian Jewish folk music and trained on the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023

Review of Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

It was an inspirational encounter with Tony Allen that gave Bixiga 70 the idea of putting a Brazilian spin on...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2022

Review of Brasilianos 2

Brasilianos 2

Hamilton de Holanda Quintet

Adventure Music AM 1055

Rating: ★★★

This is one of those albums on which you can’t help but be impressed by the virtuoso musician¬ship. Bandleader Hamilton...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of La Onda Vampi

La Onda Vampi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012

Review of At Home

At Home

Sakar Khan

Top of the World

Amarrass Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This album certainly has an arresting start. Sakar Khan saws his bow across the strings of his kamancha and repeats...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014

Review of Not Our First Goat Rodeo

Not Our First Goat Rodeo

Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan & Edgar Meyer

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

It's almost a decade since the adventurous classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed up with bluegrass fiddle/banjo player Stuart Duncan, double...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2020

Review of The Wedding Above in Glencree

The Wedding Above in Glencree

Daoirí Farrell

Daoirí Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Since deciding to become a musician after seeing Christy Moore perform on Irish TV and then cutting his teeth as...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2023

Review of Invisible Music

Invisible Music

Polly Paulusma

Wild Sound/One Little Independent

Rating: ★★★

The late, great writer Angela Carter would almost certainly have relished the fact that Polly Paulusma once lived in London’s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2021

Review of Ye Katama Hod: The Belly of the City

Ye Katama Hod: The Belly of the City

Saba Anglana

Felmay Records

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Somalia to Ethiopian and Italian parents, and now based in Italy, vocalist Saba Anglana found the inspiration for...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015

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