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Review of Dallëndyshe

Dallëndyshe

Elina Duni Quartet

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Swiss-Albanian singer Duni, accompanied by a trio of bass, drums and piano led by her long-term collaborator Colin Vallon, here...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Retratos Cinéticos

Retratos Cinéticos

OrBlua

Ocarina Music

Rating: ★★★

The appeal of the OrBlua trio rests mainly in their rawness. Retratos Cinéticos sounds like its recordings were merely an...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Seiva

Seiva

Seiva

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★

For some years now, Vasco Ribeiro Casais has built a well-earned reputation for being one of the most original and...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of The Wayward Tour Live

The Wayward Tour Live

Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray

Scarlet Records

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from Wayward Daughter Eliza Carthy's double-CD Best Of set, The Wayward Tour Live is a CD and DVD...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Le 3ème Temps

Le 3ème Temps

Sophie Cavez & Baltazar Montanaro

Internexterne

Rating: ★★★

This is the third duo album from Belgian accordionist Sophie Cavez and French fiddler Baltazar Montanaro and it shows off...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Shell Story

Shell Story

Twelfth Day

Orange Feather Records

Rating: ★★★

Described as a ‘sister companion release’ to last year's The Devil Makes Three, four of the seven tracks on this...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of The New Line

The New Line

Boys of the Lough

Boys of the Lough

Rating: ★★★★

Can this really be the Boys of the Lough's 23rd album? It's remarkable to think so as they sound as...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Iaith Enaid: The Language of the Soul

Iaith Enaid: The Language of the Soul

Robin Huw Bowen

Sain Records

Rating: ★★★

Traditional Welsh harp music isn’t for everyone. But, since 1983, Robin Huw Bowen, the only full-time professional Welsh harpist specialising...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Novaera

Novaera

Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

If you don’t speak Sardo, the language of Sardinia, then you’re destined to seek other kinds of satisfaction in the...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Weave

Weave

Jaywalkers

Root Beat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jaywalkers are a young trio from Rochdale and Cheshire, not hitherto known for being crucibles of bluegrass music. Jay Bradberry...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

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