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Review of The Rough Guide to Paris Café

The Rough Guide to Paris Café

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Fantastic Voyage

Rating: ★★

Oh dear, here we go again. Cue the Citroën DS archive shots and the old tourist board copy. More ethno-musicological...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Holdvilágos (In the Moonlight)

Holdvilágos (In the Moonlight)

Napra

Folk Europa

Rating: ★★★★

Napra is a Hungarian folk band that deserves to be heard. They bring a rock attitude to traditional music with...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of The Life of Birds

The Life of Birds

David Rotheray

Proper Records

Rating: ★★★

The guitarist of the Beautiful South has gathered together a formidable flock of folk talent for his debut solo album,...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Sarayland

Sarayland

Sarr e Roma

Snail Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the 1980s Sarajevo's Sarr e Roma were one of the most prominent Yugoslav Gypsy bands, with a number of...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of The Last Star

The Last Star

Heidi Talbot

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★

A veteran of the Irish music scene in New York, Talbot honed her craft in wedding bands before touring and...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Anda Jaleo

Anda Jaleo

Josephine Foster & the Víctor Herrero Band

Josephine Foster

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live in Mecina Bombaron in Granada in August 2009, this is an interesting project: Josephine Foster and Víctor Herrero...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Hedonism

Hedonism

Bellowhead

Top of the World

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Bellowhead launch their rambunctious third album with the cautionary tale of a sailor ripped off by a prostitute, the exuberant...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of The Ravishing Genius of Bones

The Ravishing Genius of Bones

Brian Finnegan

Singing Tree Music

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the tin whistle is a poor man's instrument will have their preconceptions shattered...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Looking Glass

Looking Glass

Fay Hield

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fay Hield is the first new signing to Topic Records for a decade. Topic is the oldest independent label in...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

Review of The Rough Guide to Greek Café

The Rough Guide to Greek Café

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

This disc is impressive, covering a great deal of ground from 1960s laïká to later more eclectic and Anatolian-inspired tracks,...

Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2010

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