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Review of One With the Wind

One With the Wind

Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil

Galileo

Rating: ★★★

A couple of years ago, Branko Galoić and Francisco Cordovil happened to be in the same Parisian bar with live...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2019

Review of Northbound

Northbound

Assembly Lane

Assembly Lane

Rating: ★★★★

There is a lot to like about this debut album from Newcastle-based four-piece Assembly Lane. Comprising mandolin player Tom Kimber,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2017

Review of Picaflor

Picaflor

Martin Bruhn

Top of the World

Shika Shika

Rating: ★★★★

If this album had been credited to Los Hijos de Bruhn you’d be in no doubt that this is the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Aurora: Remixes & Originals

Aurora: Remixes & Originals

Azymuth

Far Out Recordings (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

To celebrate Azymuth’s 40-something years and 25 studio albums together, the band’s label, Far Out, commissioned an album full of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2013

Review of Some People I Know

Some People I Know

The Brother Brothers

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

It should perhaps come as no surprise that Brooklyn-based identical twins Adam and David Moss, who both have their own...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019

Review of Blues Menessen

Blues Menessen

Roland Tchakounté

World Connection

Rating: ★★★

Born and raised in Cameroon half a century ago, but resident in France for the last couple of decades, Tchakounté's...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2011

Review of Saar

Saar

Estbel

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

This quartet could be said to be a kind of quintet, their phantom fifth member being the Baltic island of...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2018

Review of Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Making Tracks

Rating: ★★★★★

In rural Powys in 2019, Making Tracks gathered eight of the most exciting young roots musicians from across Europe and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2021

Review of Det Var en Lørdagsafen

Det Var en Lørdagsafen

Firo

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★

Saturday night's alright for, well, in this case, singing! Firo's new release translates as ‘Once on a Saturday Night’ and...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2020

Review of Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

Abel Selaocoe

Top of the World

Warner Classics

Rating: ★★★★★

This is one of the most impressive debut albums in a long time. Effectively, it’s a self portrait of the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022

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