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Review of Mazovian Roots Re:action

Mazovian Roots Re:action

Warsaw Village Band

Jaro Medien

Rating: ★★★★

Warsaw Village Band, now well entrenched as Poland's best-known folk music export, have a history of experimentation and collaboration. Sometimes...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2019

Review of A Föld Hátán, S Az Ég Alatt (Székelyföldi Népzene Az Elmúlt 120 Évből)

A Föld Hátán, S Az Ég Alatt (Székelyföldi Népzene Az Elmúlt 120 Évből)

Marianna Nyitrai, Zoltán Juhász, Üsztürü Band

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★★

Zoltán Juhász, an ethnomusicologist and a renowned bagpipe, whistle and flute player joined Marianna Nyitrai, a famous folk singer, activist...

Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: March/2019

Review of Gravure

Gravure

Balarù

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Gravure is the debut album by Balarù, a quartet of young musicians who, after years spent playing in various bal...

Reviewed by Megan Iacobini de fazio in issue: March/2019

Review of Behold

Behold

Black Symbol

Sugar Shack Records

Rating: ★★

The Birmingham district of Handsworth gave birth to one of the UK's strongest roots reggae scenes of the 70s and...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2019

Review of Manez Eta Kobreak

Manez Eta Kobreak

Manez

Kalapita

Rating: ★★★★

Very little information comes with this album – although all the lyrics are translated into English (from Basque) – but...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019

Review of Trikala

Trikala

Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti

Slap the Moon Records

Rating: ★★★★

One wonders whether in a past life Simon Thacker was a Bengali itinerant Baul mystic musician, or perhaps a South...

Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: March/2019

Review of Grenades

Grenades

Kaia Kater

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★

Kaia Kater's 2016 debut album Nine Pin won the young Canadian banjo player and singer-songwriter plenty of attention – including...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019

Review of Some People I Know

Some People I Know

The Brother Brothers

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

It should perhaps come as no surprise that Brooklyn-based identical twins Adam and David Moss, who both have their own...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019

Review of Maithree: The Music of Friendship

Maithree: The Music of Friendship

Nirmala Rajasekar

Innova

Rating: ★★★★

This album finds celebrated Indian veena player and vocalist Nirmala Rajasekar gathering a few friends to make an acoustic fusion...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2019

Review of Radio Highlife

Radio Highlife

Auntie Flo

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Radio Highlife is the fruit of many years' worth of Auntie Flo touring around the world, tuning in to local...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: March/2019

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