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Review of Songar frå Havdal

Songar frå Havdal

Unni Boksasp

TA:LIK TA42CD

Rating: ★★★★

I was lucky enough to take part in a workshop a couple of years ago led by the Norwegian singer...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2010

Review of And Then We Saw Land

And Then We Saw Land

Tunng

Full Time Hobby FTH088CDA

Rating: ★★★

Tunng's fourth album took them over a year to write and follows the departure of founder member and songwriter Sam...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2010

Review of A Beginner’s Guide

A Beginner’s Guide

Jim Moray

Niblick is a Giraffe NIBL009

Rating: ★★★★

Readers of Songlines will already be familiar with Jim Moray’s latest CD, In Modern History, which was pre¬released with the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2010

Review of Egypt Noir

Egypt Noir

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Piranha CD-PIR2337

Rating: ★★★

The idea behind this album is to present the music of the Africans from the deserts that encompass most of...

Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2010

Review of The Turning Tide

The Turning Tide

Solas

Compass 745302

Rating: ★★

Crikey, another Solas album? It seems only a moment ago that I reviewed the band’s For Love and Laughter. OK,...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: July/2010

Review of Gamelan of Java Volume One: Kraton Kasunanan

Gamelan of Java Volume One: Kraton Kasunanan

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Lyrichord LYRCD7458

Rating: ★★

Not content with overseeing Felmay's series of recordings, John Noise Manis – aka the Italian composer Giovanni Sciarrino (manis is...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2010

Review of Stranger in my Homeland

Stranger in my Homeland

Hosam Hayek

Top of the World

Doublemoon CD51

Rating: ★★★★

Born in 1970 in Shfara'am, a small town near Nazareth in Galilee, Hosam Hayek created several ensembles in his homeland,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: July/2010

Review of Hearts & Minds

Hearts & Minds

Seth Lakeman

Virgin/Relentless CDREL21

Rating: ★★★

Hearts & Minds begins with a riff reminiscent of Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’. Which is somewhat surprising, given that Lakeman described...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2010

Review of Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo

Along the Silk Road: Ancient and Modern Music for the Kugo

Tomoko Sugawara

Motemar MTM 31

Rating: ★★★

Ancient and modern music for the what? Listening blind to this instrument, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for the...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: July/2010

Review of Things That Fly

Things That Fly

The Infamous Stringdusters

Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-4059

Rating: ★★★★

If you like peppery banjo picking and close male harmonies – and you should if you're a bluegrass fan –...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: July/2010

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