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Review of The Outlander

The Outlander

Jim Moray

Managed Decline

Rating: ★★★★

On his first album, Sweet England, Jim Moray included ‘The Seeds of Love’, the first folk song Cecil Sharp collected....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2019

Review of Almadura

Almadura

iLe

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

From the of, it's clear that Puerto Rican Ileana Cabra (aka iLe) is carrying much anger and frustration on her...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: December/2019

Review of Way of the Drum

Way of the Drum

Mugenkyo Taiko

Kyo Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Mugenkyo Taiko (Limitless Reverberation) are one of the longest running taiko groups in the UK, whose interdisciplinary approach has led...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2019

Review of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Emerging from The Gloaming's five-strong fold, Hardanger d'amore player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and pianist Thomas Bartlett have struck of to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019

Review of Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

Taichmania

Taichmania

Rating: ★★★

Taichmania are an Israeli fusion group headed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Yaniv Taichman. Seventh Heaven, their debut, gives the occasional...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: December/2019

Review of Mosese

Mosese

Lumingu Puati (Zorro)

BBE Africa

Rating: ★★★

The man behind BBE's latest Tabansi Records re-release, recorded in Nigeria in 1979, hails from the Congo basin: Lumingu Puati...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2019

Review of Do You Love

Do You Love

Otava Yo

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Otava Yo are a slightly eccentric Russian folk band from St Petersburg who like to play with the traditions and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019

Review of Bantou Mentale

Bantou Mentale

Bantou Mentale

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Congolese-French band boasts members previously involved with Konono No 1 and Jupiter & Okwess in collaboration with producer Doctor...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019

Review of Calm Abiding: Guided Meditations & Sacred Buddhist Prayers

Calm Abiding: Guided Meditations & Sacred Buddhist Prayers

Tashi Lhunpo Monks

30ips

Rating: ★★★★

Calm Abiding is a timely collaboration between the Tashi Lhunpo Monks and meditation expert Shan Tate. The first three tracks,...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: November/2019

Review of Missing Chapters

Missing Chapters

Moken

MoodSwing Records

Rating: ★★★

Unique Cameroonian singer-songwritercum-stylist Moken follows up 2016's Chapters of My Life with Missing Chapters. He's in Atlanta, Georgia, having transplanted...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2019

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