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Review of Brødløs

Brødløs

Geir Sundstøl

Hubro

Rating: ★★

Brødløs is the third solo album by the Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Geir Sundstøl. His main instrument is the pedal steel guitar...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2018

Review of Avalanche

Avalanche

Ímar

Big Mann Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ímar, a quintet who met on Glasgow's trad music scene, form an alliance of Scottish, Irish and Manx idioms. Their...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: December/2018

Review of Judgement Day

Judgement Day

Capital Letters Featuring JB

Sugar Shack Records

Rating: ★★★

Following Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton in Dub, the Black Country's finest reggae outfit return with a new album and a modified...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2018

Review of Ordinary Giants: A Life & Times 1918-2018

Ordinary Giants: A Life & Times 1918-2018

Robb Johnson

Irregular Records

Rating: ★★★★

Robb Johnson is a remarkable singer-songwriter who won acclaim with 1997's Gentle Men, an album that used his grandfathers' lives...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2018

Review of Saith VII

Saith VII

Ar Log

Sain Wales

Rating: ★★★★

In 1976 Ar Log came together to represent Wales at a festival of Celtic music in Brittany. There they met...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2018

Review of Opérette Volume 2

Opérette Volume 2

Moussu T e lei Jovents

Manivette Records

Rating: ★★★★

The subtitle of this delightful album, Chansons Marseillaises 1930-1940, suggests no obvious Jamaican link. Yet Moussu T was initially inspired...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2018

Review of İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir

İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir

Gaye Su Akyol

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Gaye Su Akyol delivered a superb set at this year's WOMAD that focused strongly on the new songs that populate...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2018

Review of Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

There ought to be nothing surprising about an all-female mariachi band, but this particular branch of Mexican music has such...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2018

Review of A Cure for the Curious

A Cure for the Curious

Solasta

Solasta

Rating: ★★★★

This super-confident debut set from the masterful trio is unorthodox and fantastic. From the sharply abrupt end to opener ‘The...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2018

Review of Dubcatcher 3: Flames Up!

Dubcatcher 3: Flames Up!

DJ Vadim

Soulbeats Records

Rating: ★★★

The Russian-born, London-based DJ Vadim returns with another high-octane reggae volume under the pseudonym Dubcatcher. As with previous albums, the...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2018

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