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Review of The Fragile

The Fragile

O’Hooley & Tidow

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

O’Hooley & Tidow were mightily impress¬ive at the Nowt So Queer as Folk concert at Cecil Sharp House, the home...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2012

Review of Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord

Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord

Alistair Anderson | Ewan MacColl | Jackie Daly | Louis Killen | Peter Bellamy | Scan Tester | The McPeake Family

Topic TSCD126

Rating: ★★★★

Topic continue to mark their 70th anniversary with the release of seven classic albums from their catalogue in sumptuously packaged...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Music of Central Asia Vol 10: Borderlands – Wu Man & Master Musicians from the Silk Route

Music of Central Asia Vol 10: Borderlands – Wu Man & Master Musicians from the Silk Route

Wu Man

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★★

Since 2006, the Aga Khan Music Initiative has produced a series of albums highlighting the musical traditions of Central Asia,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Knoblauch Scharf

Knoblauch Scharf

Knoblauch Klezmer Band

Knoblauch Klezmer Band

Rating: ★★★★

Like all good funeral parties, the first, and seemingly last, full album from this group can be considered a mourning...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2017

Review of A Cimbalomprímás

A Cimbalomprímás

Tárkány Trió

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

The title of this album means ‘The Cimbalom Primás’ or bandleader and the player in question is Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, one...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of Stopy

Stopy

Michal Noga Band

Michal Noga Band

Rating: ★★★★★

In the last decades, the living folk traditions of Eastern Europe have changed from traditional to revival. The Michal Noga...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2020

Review of The Rough Guide to the Music of China

The Rough Guide to the Music of China

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Although the liner notes trumpet the massive changes in China since the last Rough Guide CD was compiled ten years...

Reviewed by Rachel Harris in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Went to Walk

Went to Walk

Claudia Schwab

Claudia Schwab

Rating: ★★

The shadow of the pandemic and lockdowns hangs heavy over this third album from the Sligo-based, Austrian-born violinist/singer/yodeller and composer....

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2024

Review of Sasquatch Landslide

Sasquatch Landslide

The Dwarfs of East Agouza | The Dwarfs Of East Agouza

Constellation

Rating: ★★★

The Dwarfs Of East Agouza are an established and prolific group. Egyptian musician Maurice Louca may be the most familiar...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2025

Review of Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996

Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Light in the Attic

Rating: ★★★★

American label Light in the Attic, which specialises in publishing rare music, now release a compilation of Ukrainian music from...

Reviewed by Yurii Bereza in issue: December/2024

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