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Review of Ups and Downs

Ups and Downs

Zoox

Zoox Records

Rating: ★★★

Zoox are Linda Game, Jo May and Becky Menday, who play a range of esoteric instruments including djembé, congas, balafon,...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Lady Diamond

Lady Diamond

Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson

Selwyn Music

Rating: ★★★

Surprisingly, this is the debut album by a duo that already has a long pedigree. Griffith and Hampson have been...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Happ

Happ

Fribo

Fribo Records

Rating: ★★★

The innovative Scottish/Scandinavian/English band is happy to admit to being in something of a period of transition, Fribo sound in...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Gore (Burning)

Gore (Burning)

RUTA

Kommando

Rating: ★★★★

RUTA is an anarchic project that reveals a little-known violent aspect of Polish history. The album's sub-title Songs of Rebellion...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Doors at Eight

Doors at Eight

Peter Knight's Gigspanner

Gigspanner

Rating: ★★★

Peter Knight is the fiddle player in Steeleye Span but, since those folk– rock pioneers have been ploughing the same...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Canti & Musica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music

Canti & Musica: Anthology of Profane Songs and Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora

Rating: ★★★★

On Corsica the human voice reigns supreme, rooted in a polyphonic tradition revived on a wave of nationalism, the riacquistu...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Nisos

Nisos

Nisos

Nisos Records

Rating: ★★★

Nisos are a group consisting mainly of Greek musicians based in the Czech Republic. The group take their name from...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Staalkaart Van Het Vrije Riet: Sample Sheet of the Free Reed

Staalkaart Van Het Vrije Riet: Sample Sheet of the Free Reed

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Music & Words

Rating: ★★★★

This is an unusual, endearing CD. It was conceived as a gift to subscribers to Diatonisch Nieuwsblad, the Dutch publication...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Balkan Dogs

Balkan Dogs

Electric Balkan Jazz Club

Musique Estetica Records

Rating: ★★★

The mascot of this eclectic German band is a perky-eared Chihuahua but, as their song titles suggest, there's more than...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Samás

Samás

Trio Tekke

Trio Tekke

Rating: ★★★★

This is a fantastic album – the second from the Cyprus-based, London-formed neo-rebetika band – full of bouncy, lively playing...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2011

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