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Review of Fin Da Laand Ageen

Fin Da Laand Ageen

Kevin Henderson

Kevin Henderson

Rating: ★★★★

The title is a Shetland expression meaning ‘to arrive back home’ and the 13 beautifully per¬formed tunes heard here are...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Notes from the Boat

Notes from the Boat

Mike Vass

Unroofed Music

Rating: ★★★★

It's an incredible line-up that Mike Vass has gathered for his latest album, with guests including Anna Massie, Duncan Chisholm,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2018

Review of Tailwind Home

Tailwind Home

Equus

Equus

Rating: ★★

Equus are an Australian group formed around the vocals and horse-head fiddle (morin huur) playing of Mongolian musician Bukhu Ganburged....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2019

Review of Electric

Electric

Richard Thompson

Proper

Rating: ★★★★

Buddy Miller produced Richard Thompson's latest album in his home studio in Nashville. It shows in the sound, which swings...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013

Review of Naz

Naz

Liraz

Dead Sea Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

When Liraz Charhi began writing her third album, she decided to do things differently. After an indifferent response to her...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: November/2018

Review of Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music

Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP

Rating: ★★★

Marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, this compilation is named after the island’s motto, ‘Out of Many,’ Drawing on...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Cas

Cas

Lúnasa

Lúnasa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cas has several meanings in Irish: to turn, to twist, and to sing being among them. All are apt terms...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2018

Review of Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

There ought to be nothing surprising about an all-female mariachi band, but this particular branch of Mexican music has such...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018

Review of Sunday Never Comes

Sunday Never Comes

Jackstraw

jackstraw.net

Rating: ★★★★

The global music community is beginning to notice another pioneering band from Portland, Oregon that has built a devoted local...

Reviewed by Jeff Hammarlund in issue: July/2012

Review of Buena Vista Social Club: 25th Anniversary Edition

Buena Vista Social Club: 25th Anniversary Edition

Buena Vista Social Club

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

Readers of Songlines will need no reminder of how the combination of Ry Cooder's meticulous production, a cast of veteran...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021

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