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Review of The Mighty Rootsmen

The Mighty Rootsmen

The Mighty Rootsmen

Bulletproof

Rating: ★★★

Long in the making, US rock producer Ralph Sall’s Mighty Rootsmen project sees ten evergreen rock and pop standards reimagined...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: August/2025

Review of Ilmateade

Ilmateade

Duo Ruut

Top of the World

Self release

Rating: ★★★★

Over the last couple of years, Estonia’s Duo Ruut have performed in over 20 countries, including Glastonbury and Roskilde this...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/2025

Review of Sailing Over the 7th String

Sailing Over the 7th String

Tim Edey

Gnatbite Records

Rating: ★★★★

You’ll probably be familiar with multi¬instrumentalist Tim Edey from his triumph at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, where...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of The Wishing Tree

The Wishing Tree

Doyle, McCusker, McGoldrick

Under One Sky Records

Rating: ★★★★

Players at the top of their game and in high demand in the Celtic music world, John Doyle, John McCusker...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018

Review of Nazar

Nazar

Turkwaz

Top of the World

Turkwaz

Rating: ★★★★★

I’ve been a fan of Canadian singer Brenna MacCrimmon for nearly two decades; back when she was a resident of...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2018

Review of Sufi Dub Brothers

Sufi Dub Brothers

Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek

Fun in the Church

Rating: ★★

Sufi Dub Brothers is a fun, yet superficial, album of Ibiza-esque beats and sitar improvisation, superimposing Pakistani/Indian classical music on...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021

Review of Musique de France

Musique de France

Acid Arab

Top of the World

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Adding to the rich heritage of Middle Eastern and North African music blended with European electronica, Parisian collective Acid Arab...

Reviewed by Ben Murphy in issue: December/2016

Review of Encores

Encores

Charles Aznavour

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★

How the mighty fall. Charles Aznavour is one of the last remaining French icons from an era where only the...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2015

Review of One and All

One and All

Fisherman’s Friends

Island Records

Rating: ★★★

Forget the lockdown postman and shanty TikTok craze, haul away and pass round the grog, open your gullet and get...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022

Review of August 1791

August 1791

RAM

Willibelle

Rating: ★★★

Led by Richard Morse, proprietor of the celebrated Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, RAM were last heard from before the disastrous...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018

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