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Review of Grey Falcon

Grey Falcon

Svetlana Spajic Group

Multimedia Music

Rating: ★★★★

Svetlana Spajic has been researching and performing the village music of Serbs in Serbia itself and further afield for many...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Cavalluccio

Cavalluccio

Lalala Napoli

La Curieuse

Rating: ★★★★

Behind Lalala Napoli is the gifted veteran French accordionist and singer François Castiello of former Bratsch fame, who uses the...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2021

Review of Brazilian Beat

Brazilian Beat

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Putumayo

Rating: ★★★

Putumayo's latest instalment of Latin music does not intend to be a definitive collection of new Brazilian music. It is...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Yemamaya

Yemamaya

LUIZGA and iZem

Elis Records

Rating: ★★★

With Yemamaya, Portugal-based Brazilian singer-songwriter LUIZGA collaborates across a full-length set with French producer iZem, pulling together tracks from an...

Reviewed by Andrew Taylor-Dawson in issue: December/2025

Review of Horizon

Horizon

Resavoir and Matt Gold

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★

From Chicago comes a pleasantly languid set from a group of excellent musicians influenced by 60s and 70s Brazilian music...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025

Review of Meet Me at Mardi Gras

Meet Me at Mardi Gras

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rounder

Rating: ★★★

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is one of the world’s great public celebrations. The Cajuns have their own country Mardi Gras...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2012

Review of The Deepest Breath

The Deepest Breath

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin

Rating: ★★★★

2020’s Solas an Lae saw Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin striking away from his Skipper’s Alley roots in the company of Ultan...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Chapel

Chapel

Andy Aquarius

Hush Hush Records

Rating: ★★★

If you’re thinking Andy Aquarius can’t be his real name, you’d be right. Andy Ozbolt is a singer and multi-instrumentalist...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2021

Review of Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane

Dedans le Sud de la Louisiane

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★★★

Oh what a gem this package is, containing a 47-minute DVD of a documentary shot in rural Louisiana in the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Seu Jorge and Rogê

Night Dreamer Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

The friendship between Seu Jorge and Rogê goes back 25 years when the two aspiring musicians met at a gig...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020

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