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Review of Un Ballo Liscio Vol 2

Un Ballo Liscio Vol 2

Riccardo Tesi & Claudio Carboni

EGEA

Rating: ★★★★

Tesi, a specialist of the organetto, after 30 years produces another tribute to ballo liscio, a hugely popular form of...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

6hunesseq

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

It was a fascination for Estonian chorales and folk music which brought these four musicians together in 2021, and a...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of La Comitiva

La Comitiva

Erlend Øye & La Comitiva

Bubbles Records

Rating: ★★★

Øye should ring a bell as half of indie-bucolic-pop 00s sensation Kings of Convenience. But having relocated to Siracusa some...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Live in Dublin

Live in Dublin

Lankum

Rough Trade Records

Rating: ★★★★

It pains me to give this only four stars. As with any live recording, this is essentially a collection of...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Culla e Tempesta

Culla e Tempesta

FARAUALLA

Zero Nove Nove

Rating: ★★★★

Culla e Tempesta (Cradle and Storm) is a spectacular new album by the female vocal quartet from Apulia. Formed in...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Gyezz

Gyezz

Söndörgő feat Chris Potter

Top of the World

GroundUP Music

Rating: ★★★★

Released on Michael League’s GroundUP Music label, this latest album from Hungarian five-piece Söndörgő features the distinguished US sax player...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of 7

7

BGKO

Satélite K

Rating: ★★★

The Barcelona Gipsy BalKan Orchestra, formerly the Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra, present their seventh album – hence the title. A...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Bird Tunes

Bird Tunes

Miranda Rutter

RobRec

Rating: ★★★★

This newly composed instrumental suite from fiddle player and composer Rutter is a work of melodic charm, entirely inspired by...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Ambra e Corallo

Ambra e Corallo

Edoardo Florio di Grazia

Comet

Rating: ★★★

Neapolitan singer-songwriter Edoardo Florio di Grazia is based in Paris and has a soft heart for singers like Lucio Dalla...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Maidin Domhnaigh

Maidin Domhnaigh

Seamas Hyland

Seamas Hyland

Rating: ★★★★

Seamas Hyland left those rapscallions, The Mary Wallopers, last year. His first solo album, Maidin Domhnaigh (Sunday Morning) reveals his...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

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