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Review of Upon a Stranger Shore

Upon a Stranger Shore

Maz O’Connor

Demon Barber Sounds

Rating: ★★

O’Connor is a member of a big folk family from Cumbria – her brother Joe’s band Last Orders won the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Dedicated to the Bird We Love

Dedicated to the Bird We Love

Oriental Sunshine

Round 2 Records

Rating: ★★

Upon its release in 1970, this debut LP from Norwegian psychedelic-folk trio Oriental Sunshine was called by a reviewer in...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: March/2017

Review of Someone’s got to Pay

Someone’s got to Pay

The Wilders

Free Dirt Records DIRT-CD-0056

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone who’s seen this four-piece country band live will have been impressed by the way they manage to make serious...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: July/2010

Review of Kabwlú

Kabwlú

Los Picapiedra

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Legendary Medellin record label Discos Fuentes is not known for its novelty releases, but Kabwlú, a hard-to-find 1965 album, is...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2020

Review of The Rough Guide To Desert Blues

The Rough Guide To Desert Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network RGNET1238

Rating: ★★★★

It used to be something of a closed shop. For years and years, when it came to the sandblasted desert...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: October/2010

Review of Working River: Songs and Music of the Thames

Working River: Songs and Music of the Thames

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Folktree Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This collection of 21 songs celebrating the lives of working people on the Thames is backed by the General Federation...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2021

Review of At Our Next Meeting

At Our Next Meeting

The Furrow Collective

Furrow Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Furrow Collective is a four-piece comprising some of the leading young lights in English and Scottish folk and traditional...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Nomad

Nomad

Bombino

Top of the World

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

There's a growing trend for West African acts to court global popularity by employing Anglo-American producers to give them a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013

Review of Folktron

Folktron

Oratnitza

Fusion Embassy

Rating: ★★★★

On the second full-length album from Bulgarian folk distorters Oratnitza, the quartet continues its quest to meld traditional music with...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2016

Review of Don’t You Want To Go?

Don’t You Want To Go?

Betse Ellis

Free Dirt DIRTCD0058

Rating: ★★★★

A superbly talented fiddle player from Kansas City, Missouri, and member of the acoustic bluegrass band The Wilders, Betse Ellis...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

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