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Review of After All These Years

After All These Years

Geoff Lakeman

Geoff Lakeman

Rating: ★★★

Lakeman is a familiar name: there's Seth, Sean and Sam, all of them famous musicians. Geoff is their father and,...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2017

Review of Brinca

Brinca

Paride Peddio & Jonathan Della Marianna

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

It is both odd and a real shame that Sardinia's richly vibrant traditional music culture isn’t better known internationally. But...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016

Review of Annwn

Annwn

Catrin Finch

Kissan

Rating: ★★

Catrin Finch was a child prodigy. She started learning the harp at the age of five, scored the highest marks...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

Jayme Stone's Lomax Project

Top of the World

Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Alan Lomax, the American folklorist, ethno-musicologist and filmmaker spent his life travelling the world making field recordings. He is best...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2015

Review of Identity

Identity

Black Rock Band

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the mining-tourist town of Jabiru, within the Northern Territory’s incredible Kakadu National Park, Black Rock Band follow up...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/2021

Review of Andanças

Andanças

Renato Borghetti

saphrane

Rating: ★★★

Brazil's gaucho culture is pretty much unknown outside its native country. With globally feted rivals in the shape of bossa...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2011

Review of Flash Company

Flash Company

The Outside Track

Lorimer Records

Rating: ★★★

There’s a fine line between music that’s tight and that which is so polished it has lost its soul. For...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Sentimento Popolare

Sentimento Popolare

Camilla Barbarito

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Camilla Barbarito's musical journey is a rich and meandering one: as a young girl she spent time in Mali, and...

Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: April/2019

Review of Mon Pays

Mon Pays

Vieux Farka Touré

Top of the World

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

After three fine solo studio albums and his imaginative collaboration with the Israeli singer-songwriter Idan Raichel, Touré has surely earned...

Reviewed by Nigel Willliamson in issue: October/2013

Review of Communion

Communion

Park Jiha

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★

There's a dynamic and healthy scene in South Korea right now, in which young musicians are using traditional instruments to...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2018

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