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Review of Cladaich Loch Iù

Cladaich Loch Iù

Steven MacÌomhair

Steven MacÌomhair

Rating: ★★

Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2020

Review of Hurry the Jug

Hurry the Jug

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan

Barry Folan & McGowan

Rating: ★★★★

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2020

Review of Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped

Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped

Svetlana Spajić Group

Multimedia Music

Rating: ★★★★

The Serbian group of female singers led by Svetlana Spajić is probably the best known and undoubtedly the most prolific...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020

Review of In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God

In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God

The Sorcerers

ATA Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Sorcerers' second album presents itself as the ‘soundtrack to the motion picture,’ but don't be looking for it on...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

Review of Sombras

Sombras

OKAN

Lulaworld Records

Rating: ★★★

The Afro-Cuban roots group OKAN present their first full-length release of jazz-influenced music paying tribute to the sonic traditions of...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2020

Review of Mazaher

Mazaher

Mazaher

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

Zar is a ceremony found in various forms across north-east Africa and beyond that involves communicating with and pacifying spirits...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

Review of The Art of the Kora

The Art of the Kora

Jali Nyama Suso

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

This is an augmented reissue of the first commercial release of solo kora and griot music recorded in 1972. The...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020

Review of Rose in June

Rose in June

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Boden's presence on the 21st-century British folk scene has been colossal – from his stint in Eliza Carthy's Ratcatchers band...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2020

Review of The Rough Guide to Blues Divas

The Rough Guide to Blues Divas

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

The stereotypical image of the early blues pioneers as black itinerant males playing bottleneck guitar on the plantations of the...

Reviewed by Nigel Luilliamson in issue: April/2020

Review of Folk Music of China Vol 3: Folk Songs of Yunnan

Folk Music of China Vol 3: Folk Songs of Yunnan

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

The title of this album would be more accurate with a subtitle of The Wa, Blang, and De'ang, as these...

Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: April/2020

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