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Review of Nun V’Annammurate

Nun V’Annammurate

Suonno d’Ajere

Italian World Beat

Rating: ★★★★

The opening song of this album is really enticing. A delicate mandolin melody, accompanied by guitar introduces the voice of...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Dove Voglio Stare

Dove Voglio Stare

Tartaglia Aneuro

Full Heads Records

Rating: ★★

A popular act in the Neapolitan live scene for the past 12 years, Tartaglia Aneuro gather around singer and frontman...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Come as You Are

Come as You Are

Niamh Regan

Faction Records

Rating: ★★★

OK, let’s clear out the elephant in the room. Yes, Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan has named her second album Come...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Sulla Rotta dei Venti

Sulla Rotta dei Venti

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra

Top of the World

Brixton Records

Rating: ★★★★

North East Ska Jazz Orchestra are back with a powerhouse album to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Taking listeners on a...

Reviewed in issue July/2024

Review of Build Something Better

Build Something Better

Grace Petrie

RobotNeedsHome

Rating: ★★★★

Grace Petrie is a Leicester-born singer-songwriter and musical activist who sounds better, and angrier, with every new album. She started...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Outliers

Outliers

Jenny Sturgeon & Boo Hewerdine

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★

The title of this collaboration between singer-songwriters Jenny Sturgeon and Boo Hewerdine encapsulates the lockdown experience in which it was...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Pepito y Paquito

Pepito y Paquito

Paco de Lucía & Pepe de Lucía

BMG

Rating: ★★★★

Many albums are ballyhooed for their ‘historic’ significance. Most are truly significant only as gap-fillers on the shelves of completist...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Perfeita Desordem

Perfeita Desordem

in.dia

in.dia

Rating: ★★

When one hears of a duo comprised of Portuguese guitar and classical guitar, fado understandably pops into mind. But although...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Rundsnurrknurr

Rundsnurrknurr

Hulbækmo & Jacobsen Familieorkester

heilo

Rating: ★★★★★

My first encounter with Hans Hulbækmo was when he was a final year student at the Trondheim Conservatoire, the outstanding...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

Review of Quintela

Quintela

Carme López

Warm Winters Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Carme López plays the Galician gaita (bagpipes), but for this debut album she’s dedicated to what sounds like the deep...

Reviewed in issue June/2024

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