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Review of El Habitante de la Tarde Roja

El Habitante de la Tarde Roja

Juanito Makandé

Satelite K

Rating: ★★

If you don't know what tarde roja means, don't despair. The thick little booklet that comes with this release contains...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of A Lifetime of Happiness

A Lifetime of Happiness

Daoirí Farrell

Daoirí Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Worthy successor of a folk singing tradition rooted in Ireland, following in the footsteps of no less than Paul Brady...

Reviewed by Anne G-E in issue: May/2019

Review of De Mar y Río

De Mar y Río

Canalón de Timbiquí

Llorona Records

Rating: ★★★★

How rough and ready do you want your roots music? From a small town on the Pacific coast of Colombia...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of Zapateo Suite

Zapateo Suite

Joel Hierrezuelo

Continuo Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Since settling in Paris in 1997, this Cuban expatriate has played with the likes of Gilles Peterson and Havana Cultura,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2019

Review of Strands

Strands

Tannara

Braw Sailin'' Records

Rating: ★★★★

Marking their second album Tannara, comprising Robbie Greig on fiddle, Owen Sinclair on guitar, Joseph Peach on accordion and Becca Skeoch on...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2019

Review of As the Crow Flies

As the Crow Flies

Teilhard Frost

Sepiaphone Records

Rating: ★★★

The old-time music trio known as Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son are well known for their dusty and antiquated sound,...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2019

Review of Son Verdad

Son Verdad

Xiomara Fortuna

ILé Akwa Producciones

Rating: ★★★★

Xiomara Fortuna – attributed with founding the feminist movement in the Dominican Republic, an ‘out’ lesbian and a defender of...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019

Review of Música Universal

Música Universal

Vocal Universo

Ansonica

Rating: ★

A capella music is surely even more of a matter of taste than Marmite, Jeremy Corbyn or coprophilia. While I...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of Keep Hauling (Music from the Movie)

Keep Hauling (Music from the Movie)

Fisherman's Friends

Island Records

Rating: ★★★★

Thirty years ago a group of friends – some actually fishermen – got together on the Platt (the hard ground...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019

Review of The Sea is My Brother

The Sea is My Brother

Harbottle & Jonas

Brook View Records

Rating: ★★

The fourth studio album from Devon folk duo David Harbottle and Freya Jonas is a concept album about the sea....

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2019

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