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Review of Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall

Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall

Alasdair Roberts

Drag City Records

Rating: ★★★★

Roberts has released a number of albums devoted to traditional songs over the course of the past two decades, 2010's...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2023

Review of Con Sentimiento

Con Sentimiento

Noslen Noel

Cugate Clásicos Latinos

Rating: ★★★

Born in just 2002 in Güines (just south of Havana), Noslen Noel has already made a name for himself as...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: October/2021

Review of Rise & Shine

Rise & Shine

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Top of the World

Cumbancha CMBCD18

Rating: ★★★★

Following the acclaimed film documenting this group's journey from residents of a Guinean refugee camp to international touring band, Rise...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2010

Review of Dominion

Dominion

Melrose Quartet

Melrose Quartet

Rating: ★★★★

This quartet is the combination of two duos – Nancy Kerr and James Fagan with Richard and Jess Arrowsmith –...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Eboni Band

Eboni Band

Eboni Band

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★

In 1981, Motown producer Art Stewart travelled to Abidjan to scope out the possibility of a series of African-American collaborations...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021

Review of The Drunken Gaugers

The Drunken Gaugers

Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley & Patrick Doocey

Brooklyn Boy 1 Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's a delightfully tipsy quality to the familiar jig that gives this album, from three scions of New York's Irish...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2017

Review of Jiw

Jiw

Sahad & the Nataal Patchwork

Patch World Production

Rating: ★★★

It took eight years of personal introspection and musical exploration for the Dakar-based Sahad Sarr to bring out his debut...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2017

Review of Bright Field

Bright Field

The Rheingans Sisters

Top of the World

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bright Field is a strong follow-up to Rowan and Anna Rheingans’ excellent 2015 album Already Home(a Top of the World...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2018

Review of Vōytek (The Bear)

Vōytek (The Bear)

Tantz

Tantz

Rating: ★★★★

Klezmer has a rebel soul and this is certainly not absent in Tantz's debut album. The fact that they have...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Ear Snacks

Ear Snacks

Brothers Comatose

Swamp Jam Records

Rating: ★★★

That this San Francisco-based band records and performs with numerous like-minded guests suggests the current good health of country rock...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023

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