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Review of Isbrytaren

Isbrytaren

Rydvall Mjelva

Grappa

Rating: ★★★★

If there is any rivalry between the nations Sweden and Norway, it’s been set aside by this duo for 50...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Review of Hotline

Hotline

Aidan O’Rourke

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is an ambitious and impressive suite, as much jazz as it is folk. As a member of Lau, and...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Review of Cyprus Well

Cyprus Well

Jim Causley

Folk Police Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Cyprus Well is a terrace of small houses in Launceston, a town just west of the Tamar, the river between...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Review of The Rough Guide to the Music of the Mediterranean

The Rough Guide to the Music of the Mediterranean

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★

Though quite pleasant listening, this CD isn’t a comprehensive cross-section of Mediterranean music, but rather a disparate collection of genres...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Review of Week of Pines

Week of Pines

Georgia Ruth

Top of the World

Gwymnon

Rating: ★★★★

On her debut album, Aberystwyth-born Georgia Ruth plays harp, piano, reed organ and bells, and her band features multiple guitars,...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Review of Reise

Reise

Gjermund Larsen Trio

Top of the World

Grappa

Rating: ★★★★★

If further proof were needed that some of the best new music inspired by tradition is currently coming out of...

Reviewed in issue October/2013

Review of None the Wiser

None the Wiser

Chris Wood

Top of the World

RUF Music

Rating: ★★★★

If you're looking for one of the finest contemporary poet-singers in England, look no further than the man with an...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Divine

Divine

Oana Catalina Chitu

Asphalt Tango Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Tanase is often referred to as ‘the Romanian Piaf’: both were distinctive vocalists who took a local vernacular music...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Bones of Contention

Bones of Contention

The John Langan Band

John Langan Band

Rating: ★★★★

From the streets of Glasgow, this trio – guitarist and singer John Langan, Alastair Caplin on fiddle, and double bassist...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Mayday

Mayday

Lady Maisery

Top of the World

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

In the middle of this excellent album two songs exemplify its sophistication. In ‘The Factory Girl’, a woman rejects the...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sept/2013

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