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Review of American Hornpipe

American Hornpipe

Dana & Susan Robinson

Threshold Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the fourth album from the American duo whose credo is ‘new-time old-time music’ and who follow the tracks...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Chatterbox

Chatterbox

Hannah James & Tuulikki Bartosik

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

An inspired move led producer Dylan Fowler to take Hannah James and Tuulikki Bartosik to a cave to begin recording...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Talé

Talé

Salif Keita

Universal

Rating: ★★

Baaba Maal did it with 2009's Television. Amadou & Mariam followed last year with Folila. Now Salif Keita has joined...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Flock and Fly

Flock and Fly

Rob Harbron & Emma Reid

Harbron & Reid

Rating: ★★★★

The English concertina player and Sweden-based fiddler released their first album together in 2006, and between then and the set...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2016

Review of Kebrada

Kebrada

Elida Almeida

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

Elida Almeida is a 24-year-old Cape Verdean singer, who made a strong impression with her 2015 debut album, Ora Doci,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2017

Review of Redux: Anthology 1978-2015

Redux: Anthology 1978-2015

Jah Wobble

30 Hertz

Rating: ★★★

After two game-changing albums with his mate Johnny Rotten's post-Sex Pistols band Public Image Ltd, John Wardle, aka Jah Wobble,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015

Review of And it Was Good

And it Was Good

The Andrew Collins Trio

Andrew Collins Trio

Rating: ★★★★

While I can't claim to have coined it, the term ‘chambergrass’ is the nearly perfect one-word description of the music...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2017

Review of Poor Strange Girl

Poor Strange Girl

Alice Jones

Splid Records

Rating: ★★★★

A singer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer from Ripponden in West Yorkshire, Alice Jones has been around folk music since she was...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016

Review of Stringhenge

Stringhenge

Richard Durrant

The Burning Deck

Rating: ★★★

An extremely talented classical guitarist, Richard Durrant wears his considerable talents lightly aross this 22-track double CD. Containing a charming...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2018

Review of It’ll be Fine

It’ll be Fine

Ceol An Aire

Ceol An Aire

Rating: ★★

Ceol An Aire are a four-piece ceilidh band from Oban, in the West of Scotland, three of whom are still...

Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: July/2014

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