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Review of Muutused/Zminy

Muutused/Zminy

Svjata Vatra

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Svjata Vatra were formed in 2005 when Ukrainian singer and trombonist Ruslan Trochynskyi moved to Estonia and teamed up with...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Yene Alem

Yene Alem

Etenesh Wassie & Mathieu Sourisseau

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The collaboration between Ethiopian singer Etenesh Wassie and the French bass guitarist Mathieu Sourisseau has already yielded one album back...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2018

Review of Blind Note

Blind Note

Various Artists

Top of the World

Muziek Publique

Rating: ★★★★★

Muziek Publique is a young label with just three CDs in their catalogue. Their latest, Blind Note, deserves to bring...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2011

Review of Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions

Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions

Robert Earl Keen

Dualtone

Rating: ★★★★

Robert Earl Keen's latest album kicks off with a funky little hoedown by Flatt & Scruggs, ‘Hot Corn, Cold Corn.’...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Easy and Bold

Easy and Bold

John & Tim Lyons

Veteran

Rating: ★★★

The label Veteran specialises in English, Scottish and Irish traditional folk, with a focus on the source singers you might...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Parasol Peak

Parasol Peak

Manu Delago

Top of the World

One Little Indian

Rating: ★★★★

Since popularising the hang drum – a melodic percussion instrument, and cousin to the steel pan – at the turn...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2018

Review of Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)

Pueblo Vivo (Vibrant People)

La Otrabanda

La Otrabanda

Rating: ★★★

It's always a pleasure with world music – and especially so with Latin American rhythms – to be disorientated. When...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Tangaria

Tangaria

Richard Galliano

Milan 389 324-2

Rating: ★★★

French accordionist Richard Galliano knocks out an album or two every year and tours widely as a sort of ambassador...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2010

Review of Hearth

Hearth

Mairearad Green

Buie Records

Rating: ★★★★

Multi­instrumentalist Mairearad Green’s latest album is inspired by the women and landscapes of Coigach, a peninsula in Wester Ross in...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020

Review of Let Love Rule

Let Love Rule

Archie Roach

Liberation Records

Rating: ★★★★

Listening to veteran Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach's tenth album is a tender and touching experience. The title-track opens with the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

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