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Review of Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960

Anthologie du Patrimoine Phonographique Breton 1925-1960

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

This is a tribute to a forgotten pioneer of the post-war rebirth of Breton music: Hermann Wolf, who made some...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Coat-Tails Flying

Coat-Tails Flying

John Kirkpatrick

Fledg''ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of The Drunken Gaugers

The Drunken Gaugers

Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley & Patrick Doocey

Brooklyn Boy 1 Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's a delightfully tipsy quality to the familiar jig that gives this album, from three scions of New York's Irish...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of D'rect from the Shire

D'rect from the Shire

Jez Hellard & The Djukella Orchestra

Djukella Records

Rating: ★★★

D'rect from the Shire was recorded live at the ‘Sofa Sessions’ at King's Cliffe Village Hall. It opens with ‘Canned...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of alterum

alterum

Julie Fowlis

Machair Records

Rating: ★★★★

In her own cool and exquisite way, Julie Fowlis is moving on. She became an international star by singing traditional...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of The Seer

The Seer

Lauren MacColl

Feis Rois Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Brahan Seer, Coinneach Odhar, was a legendary 17th-century Gaelic prophet whose writings are the focus for this moody new...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Albanian Song

At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Albanian Song

Saz'iso

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a journey into the mountains of southern Albania with producer Joe Boyd and engineer Jerry Boys. Boyd and...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of Djam OST

Djam OST

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★

Tony Gatlif may be familiar from his films Latcho Drom and Gadjo Dilo, which had notable soundtracks. He's back with...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of YES

YES

Banter

Mrs Casey Music

Rating: ★★★

You can sometimes tell quite a lot about a band by the company they keep and this trio's biography boasts...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

Review of La Fasciculation

La Fasciculation

Les Fils Canouche

Vlad Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Their name translates roughly as the ‘Sons of a French Gypsy poodle.’ They were the official group at the annual...

Reviewed in issue December/2017

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