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Review of Madremonte

Madremonte

Jaguar

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★

Madremonte is the debut album from the Europe-based Colombian duo, Jaguar. The title of the album makes reference to an...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: December/2021

Review of Tales From Across the Water

Tales From Across the Water

Griselda Sanderson | Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha

Waulk Records

Rating: ★★★

Multi-instrumentalist Griselda Sanderson's third instrumental album, following 2008's Harpaphonics, and 2015's Radial, offers a musical hand of friendship and connection...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2023

Review of Gammelt, Nyt, Lånt og Blåt

Gammelt, Nyt, Lånt og Blåt

Rannok

Go Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★

Rannok's Michael Graubæk (fiddle and mandolin) and Theis Langlands (piano and pump organ) are both well-established musicians in the Danish...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2017

Review of Delâshena

Delâshena

Shadi Fathi & Bijan Chemirani

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This is an exquisite duo. Bijan Chemirani should be well known to Middle Eastern music enthusiasts as one of the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2018

Review of Tierra Quemada

Tierra Quemada

Paul Tasker

Yellowroom Records

Rating: ★★★

Largely self-taught, clawhammer banjoist, fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter Paul Tasker renders the nine instrumental compositions on Tierra Quemada with sparkling...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2022

Review of Backroad Carnival

Backroad Carnival

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cory Seznec first made waves as part of the quirky American roots group Groanbox Boys and has since cropped up...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017

Review of Ashlar

Ashlar

Còig

Còig Music

Rating: ★★★

Còig are a powerhouse, multiple award-winning quartet from Cape Breton, not to be confused with Northern Ireland's Cúig. They are...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2019

Review of Reconnect

Reconnect

Sonia Aimy

Slammin Media Digital

Rating: ★★★★

Sonia Aimy sings, in her silky, melodious tones, ‘salaam alaikum.’ Set to gentle, chugging Afrobeat, the traditional Muslim greeting is...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2021

Review of Molly Tigre

Molly Tigre

Molly Tigre

Very Special Recordings CASSETTE 6 DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This Brooklyn quintet's eponymously named debut (available digitally and on cassette) features a twin saxophone front-line, with Mitch Marcus and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Acid Croft Vol 9

Acid Croft Vol 9

Shooglenifty

Shoogle Records

Rating: ★★★★

For 30 years Shooglenifty have been rocking, shaking and Shoogling the Scots trad music scene. Acid Croft Vol 9 marks...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020

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