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Review of Air Iomall

Air Iomall

Charlie Grey & Joseph Peach

Braw Sailin' Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the kind of album that leaves you wanting to hear the whole CD again immediately without having to...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2019

Review of The Smoky Smirr o Rain

The Smoky Smirr o Rain

Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola

Top of the World

Eighth Nerve Audio

Rating: ★★★★★

The air is filled with moisture as you gaze out over the shores of a Scottish loch, a Norwegian fjord...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2021

Review of Alma Latina

Alma Latina

Julio Montoro

Tumi Music

Rating: ★★

While not exactly a high-profile name in European world music circles, guitarist Julio Montoro has a fair old pedigree –...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Lai Māsiņa Rotājās!

Lai Māsiņa Rotājās!

Auļi

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★★

Subtlety is the last thing you might expect from a band of massed bagpipers, accompanied by serried drums including ‘one...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2018

Review of Saudade, Colour of Love

Saudade, Colour of Love

Maria Mendes

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Mendes is a Portuguese jazz singer that has developed her career in The Netherlands for the last 15 years....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Haivka

Haivka

Yurodny

Diatribe

Rating: ★★★★

Yurodny are an experimental music ensemble based in Ireland, with an interest in reconfiguring and reimagining the music of other...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Slečena Koža

Slečena Koža

Brina

Drugod

Rating: ★★★★

Slovene singer Brina Vogelnik and her band have been quietly doing very good work in extending the musical language of...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2013

Review of The Rough Guide to African Disco

The Rough Guide to African Disco

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★

Bursting out of 70s America, with a white-suited Travolta at the helm, disco called the world to dance. Its funk,...

Reviewed by Lilly Pollard in issue: June/2013

Review of Bhutan Himalaya: Folk Music from Bhutan

Bhutan Himalaya: Folk Music from Bhutan

Jigme Drukpa

Nordic Sound

Rating: ★★★

This album seems to hark back to earlier, more simple times. Bhutan, bordering India and Tibet, conjures up images of...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: May/2017

Review of The Hogtown Sessions

The Hogtown Sessions

Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys

Hearth Music

Rating: ★★★

Fans of the classic 1960s and 70s bluegrass era will get some serious kicks from this joint project by Portland-based...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2012

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