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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

Review of Väntenätter

Väntenätter

MOJNA

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

This is a welcome second album from a trio formerly known as Eriksson/Myhr/Malmström, three musicians from Norway and Sweden who...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

Review of Memoria de los Cantes Flamencos – Vol 1

Memoria de los Cantes Flamencos – Vol 1

Paco El Loco & Sangitananda

Buda Musique/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★★

Part of a five-set anthology, presenting 71 different flamenco palos, this first volume covers 12 palos, some taking their inspiration...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2024

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