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Review of Le QuecumBar Live in London

Le QuecumBar Live in London

Patrick Saussois & Daniel John Martin

LeQ Records LEQO106

Rating: ★★

LeQuecumBar is the south-west London pub devoted to Gypsy jazz à la Django Reinhardt and his followers. Offering both major...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of AlCantarAManuel

AlCantarAManuel

Mayte Martín

Top of the World

World Village 468087

Rating: ★★★★★

Mayte Martín made her name in flamenco in her early 20s, winning the coveted La Unión prize back in the...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Fado

Fado

Jorge Fernando

Farol Música FAR91785

Rating: ★★★

It's been a while since Jorge Fernando has been in the public eye. Having scored a couple of pop hits...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Adoon Winding Nith

Adoon Winding Nith

Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan

White Fall Records WFRCD003

Rating: ★★★

There's a distinctly spring-like zest and freshness about this new collection of Robert Burns songs, derived in part from the...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of E Voce di u Comune: Corsica Chants Polyphoniques

E Voce di u Comune: Corsica Chants Polyphoniques

Various Artists

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951256

Rating: ★★★★

Showcasing a rich vein of Corsican tradition, this reissue disc of a 1987 release is a generous sampler of the...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Black Sea Fire

Black Sea Fire

The Shin

Jaro 42972

Rating: ★★

Several things about this record will make the curious listener well disposed to it from the off. Firstly, despite its...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Where The Rivers Meet

Where The Rivers Meet

Skáidi

DAT DAT CD-44

Rating: ★★★★

Joik and jazz are two words that describe Where The Rivers Meet comes from. While both styles resemble each other...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of Trepanation

Trepanation

Trepaanit

Aania AANIA-11

Rating: ★★★

If you haven't come across the Finnish label Aania before and you're interested in well-produced, well-performed interesting music with a...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of El Sentido del Aire

El Sentido del Aire

Juan Carmona

Le Chant Du Monde CDM158

Rating: ★★★★

Flamenco guitarist Juan Carmona has created yet another beautiful and exciting disc, full of ideas and imagination. Carmona's way of...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

Review of The Best of Kathryn Tickell

The Best of Kathryn Tickell

Kathryn Tickell

Park Records PRKCD107

Rating: ★★★★

Kathryn Tickell started playing the Northumbrian smallpipes when she was nine. These are bellows blown with, unlike other bagpipes, a...

Reviewed in issue June/2010

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