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Review of December Moon

December Moon

The Henry Girls

Henry Girls

Rating: ★★★

If you’ve a weak spot for sweet vocal harmonies, pop hooks and a soft musical bedding-down in the folk traditions...

Reviewed in issue June/2013

Review of A Country’s Soul: 1945-1957

A Country’s Soul: 1945-1957

Amalia Rodrigues

Frémeaux & Associés (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★★

The great, groundbreaking monarch of Portuguese fado hasn’t really been given her due in » terms of disc space in...

Reviewed in issue June/2013

Review of Bad Old Songs

Bad Old Songs

Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird

Oriente Musik

Rating: ★★★

American-born, Berlin-based Daniel Kahn is one of the most interesting arrivals on the klezmer scene in the last few years....

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Folkpolitik

Folkpolitik

Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona

Finisterre

Rating: ★★★

In the wake of the Arab Spring, multi¬instrumentalist Stefano Saletti and his acoustic ensemble have interpreted songs telling of centuries...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Flash Company

Flash Company

The Outside Track

Lorimer Records

Rating: ★★★

There’s a fine line between music that’s tight and that which is so polished it has lost its soul. For...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of 50 Years

50 Years

The Dubliners

Irish Music Licensing

Rating: ★★★★★

When the definitive history of Irish folk music comes to be written, The Dubliners will loom large and long in...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Laylam

Laylam

Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young

Hem Hem Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young: four women renowned for their singing and Fiddle playing and for...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of A Wonder Working Stone

A Wonder Working Stone

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

Top of the World

Drag City

Rating: ★★★★★

Roberts'previous album, Too long in This Condition, focused on the ancient, traditional wing of the folk repertoire, and proved to...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Solo Guitarra

Solo Guitarra

José Luis Montón

ECM

Rating: ★★★

José Luis Montón was invited to record for ECM following his contribution to Arco Iris, Amina Alaoui’s delicate mix of...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Na Vschod

Na Vschod

R.U.T.A.

Karrot Kommando

Rating: ★★★★★

R.U.T.A. is a jokey Polish acronym for the Movement of Utopia, Transcendence and Anarchy. Bringing together raw, rustic folk instruments,...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

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