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Review of Loud and Clear

Loud and Clear

Otava Yo

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Active for 20 years, Otava Yo are probably the most successful Russian band on the world music scene with their...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Jouhikko

Jouhikko

Lassi Logrén

Top of the World

Siba Records

Rating: ★★★★

Finnish music fans around the world know Logrén as the fiddle player in the legendary band Värttinä. What they might...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Pétala

Pétala

Inês Vaz

Inês Vaz

Rating: ★★★

Pétala is the second album from Portuguese accordionist Inês Vaz. The title is inspired by the final lines of the...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Flowers

Flowers

Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh

Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh

Rating: ★★★★

This debut album from the trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and composers Odette Michell, Karen Pfeiffer and Daria Kulesh presents an...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Sometime Between Now and Never

Sometime Between Now and Never

Dumai Dunai

Dumai Dunai

Rating: ★★★

Punchy Balkan brass, bubbling dub rhythms and piquant punk guitar riffs jostle joyously on this first offering from Montréal-based Dumai...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Suomiklezmer2

Suomiklezmer2

Sampo Lassila Narinkka

Narinkaattori Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hop on the last metro out of Helsinki city centre. Nighttime revelries fade away as the doors slide closed and...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Weġgħat Żgħar

Weġgħat Żgħar

TroffaĦamra

TroffaĦamra

Rating: ★★★

What a surprise to hear an album sung predominantly in Maltese. Infused inevitably with Mediterranean influences, bolstered by perceptible Levantine,...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Proxy Music

Proxy Music

Linda Thompson

StorySound Records

Rating: ★★★★

With a cover aping Roxy Music’s debut album, Linda Thompson launches her proxy project – with family and friends including...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Anomalia

Anomalia

Polski Piach

Gusstaff Records

Rating: ★★★

Polish outfit Polski Piach’s third album, Anomalia sees them return with a new angle on their brand of folk-blues. The...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Uddevalla

Uddevalla

Lauren Collier

Close Press Records

Rating: ★★★★

Glasgow-based singer and fiddle player Collier’s debut album Uddevalla is a strikingly global and atmospheric selection of songs and tunes...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

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