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Review of YITA (Deep Water)

YITA (Deep Water)

Fely Tchaco

Fely

Rating: ★★★

Ivorian-American singer Fely Tchaco released her fifth album on International Women’s Day (March 8), a gesture intended to underline its...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021

Review of Walsh & Pound

Walsh & Pound

Walsh & Pound

Rooksmere Records

Rating: ★★★★

In these uninspiring times, in which Autotune software retains a strange stranglehold over popular music, Walsh & Pound might seem...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2011

Review of Lys/Mørke

Lys/Mørke

Sigurd Hole

Elvesang

Rating: ★★★★

Avant-garde bassist Sigurd Hole recorded Lys/Mørke on the island of Sørværet in the Norwegian arctic. If it was recorded anywhere...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020

Review of Live at the BBC

Live at the BBC

Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

Island/Universal

Rating: ★★★★★

Richard Thompson fans require deep pockets. This is not the first box-set to concentrate on the man's extensive oeuvre, and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Murmichan

Murmichan

Shooglenifty

Shoogle Records SHOOGLE09010

Rating: ★★★★

After five studio albums and one live collection since 1994, the latest from Scotland’s foremost folk-based dance floor posse seeks...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of The Rounder Records Story

The Rounder Records Story

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★

The moral of the Rounder Records ‘story’ is that a record label devoted mostly to contemporary takes on traditional music...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2011

Review of Habibi: Classics & Collaborations

Habibi: Classics & Collaborations

Natacha Atlas

Nascente

Rating: ★★★

Natacha Atlas’ back-catalogue has been open-cast mined in recent years, with both a Best Of and a cut-price box-set already...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of The InCider Sessions

The InCider Sessions

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

TCR

Rating: ★★★

Whatever fiddler Adam Summerhayes is on, I want some. He’s known for his formidable talent in classtcal and tolk traditions,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2020

Review of Maame

Maame

Cheikh Lô

Top of the World

World Circuit Records

Rating: ★★★★

When this reviewer rather recklessly gave up a well-paid staff job as a political correspondent at The Times some 30...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2025

Review of Other Side of the Rock

Other Side of the Rock

Shane Howard

Shane Howard

Rating: ★★★★

Singer-songwriter Shane Howard is a quiet legend in Australia. Born of Irish-Catholic heritage and raised in rural Victoria, he’s one...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013

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