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Review of Asì Seguimos Andando

Asì Seguimos Andando

Las Famatinas

Les Belles Ecouteuses

Rating: ★★★

Named after a mountain in Argentina's north-west, this impressively talented all-female trio pay homage in everything they do to that...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020

Review of Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti

Black Man's Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti

VARIOUS

Now-Again Records NA5056

Rating: ★★★★

Seemingly Fela Kuti is fi na lly star tin g to receive the long-overdue mainstream recognition his work deserves. Along...

Reviewed by Ollie Sanders in issue: June/2010

Review of Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years

Cambridge Folk Festival: Celebrating 50 Years

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Delphonic Music

Rating: ★★★★

Not, as you might have supposed, a track from each year of the Cambridge Folk Festival's 50-year history, but a...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Echoes of the South

Echoes of the South

Blind Boys of Alabama

Single Lock Records

Rating: ★★★

The original five Blind Boys long ago went to meet their maker, which is unsurprising given that they first raised...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023

Review of We Can Be Anyone

We Can Be Anyone

Open String Department

Just for the Records

Rating: ★★★★

A road-trip through Appalachia in 2012 cemented the musical relationship between three Norwegian students just out of the Trondheim Jazz...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2026

Review of Rough Romanian Soul

Rough Romanian Soul

ZMEI3

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

Record producer, field recordist and author Ian Brennan is an interesting character, going off the beaten track to record music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Audacity (Live)

Audacity (Live)

Shane Shanahan

Bright Shiny Things/Shane Shanahan

Rating: ★★★

Audacity (Live) offers a spirited world fusion akin to that of the Silk Road Ensemble, of whom percussionist Shanahan belongs....

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2025

Review of King of My Mind

King of My Mind

Flats and Sharps

Move Your Hands

Rating: ★★★★

To start with, Flats and Sharps must be the most audaciously tenuous bluegrass pun-based name around. Yet it is totally...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2016

Review of A Number of Work

A Number of Work

Cooper and Toller

Hear the Din Music Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Cooper and Toller are a folk duo based in the Bristol area. Their debut album, A Number of Work, brings...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023

Review of Re-Think

Re-Think

Billy Hill with Ramon Goose & Friends

Arts Council England

Rating: ★★★

Sixteen-year-old fiddler Billy Hill has been performing at folk festivals since he was nine, supporting the likes of Eliza Carthy...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

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