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Review of Talea

Talea

Paolo Angeli

ReR Megacorp

Rating: ★★★★

This enormous, virtuosic set is a collage from Paolo Angeli's solo dates – over 60 of them – performed across...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Review of All Soundings are True

All Soundings are True

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Garth Knox

Diatribe Records

Rating: ★★★

All Soundings are True picks up, in part, where Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh's sparse, raw-edged, minimalist 2014 solo offering Music for...

Reviewed in issue October/2017

Review of Live in Mostar

Live in Mostar

Divanhana

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

Divanhana are a young Sarajevo-based band who have an old-fashioned work ethic: they get on the road and tour! This...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley

Rating: ★★★★

A limited-edition release contained within very becoming concertina-shaped packaging, Cormac Begley's self-produced eponymous solo debut serves as both a masterclass...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Arta: Violin and Laouto Instrumentals

Arta: Violin and Laouto Instrumentals

Yiorgos Floudas & Vassilis Triantis

JSP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Greek music of Epirus has long been identified with the Ioánnina district, ignoring the traditional styles of the Árta/Préveza...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Calle Gitana

Calle Gitana

Lucas Romero

Milan Records

Rating: ★★★

Lucas Romero is a member of Gitano Family, a Spanish band based in Arles, Provence, whose 2005 Spring Hill release...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer

Alpen Klezmer: Zum Meer

Andrea Pancur

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

For the past few years Andrea Pancur has been fusing her expertise in klezmer with her Bavarian roots and in...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Fair Winds & Following Seas

Fair Winds & Following Seas

Threaded

Threaded Music

Rating: ★★★

This conservatoire-trained trio – guitarist Jamie Rutherford, violinist Ning-ning Li and clarinettist Rosie Bott – have produced a delicate and...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Les Objets Trouvés

Les Objets Trouvés

Kate & Raphaël

Kate & Raphaël

Rating: ★★★★

Scottish singer and fiddler Kate Young is an increasingly familiar figure. She was part of the award-winning Songs of Separation...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

Review of Brewed

Brewed

Väsen

NorthSide Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Their very name is mysterious: Väsen is a Swedish word meaning the essence or soul of something, while also possessing...

Reviewed in issue August/2017

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