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Review of Ääneni Yli Vesien

Ääneni Yli Vesien

Okra Playground

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Finnish folk music is undergoing another exciting resurgence with many young bands finding new and inventive ways of celebrating traditions....

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: May/2018

Review of Solo

Solo

Sarah-Jane Summers

Dell Daisy Records

Rating: ★★★★

In instrumental folk, it's rare that a solo album is actually a solo album. An album of ‘solo fiddle’ will...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2018

Review of Uprooted

Uprooted

Minor Empire

World Trip Records

Rating: ★★★★

Given Minor Empire's mesmeric sound, it's a shame it's taken so long for a follow-up to their 2011 debut, Second...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: May/2018

Review of Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

The Ethiopians

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★★

Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018

Review of Turkey on the Edge (Soundtrack)

Turkey on the Edge (Soundtrack)

OME

Milan Music

Rating: ★★★

Turkey, ruled since 2002 by an increasingly autocratic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, experienced an unsuccessful military coup on July 15 2016....

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: May/2018

Review of Autumn Winds

Autumn Winds

Niall Hanna

Niall Hanna

Rating: ★★★★

It doesn’t take long to get sucked into the subtle beauty of Irish singer and song collector Niall Hanna's debut...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: May/2018

Review of Mim Ê Bô

Mim Ê Bô

Tito Paris

Ruela Music

Rating: ★★★★

It has been a long wait for Tito Paris to end his self-imposed recording silence of 15 years. A key...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2018

Review of Bright Field

Bright Field

The Rheingans Sisters

Top of the World

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bright Field is a strong follow-up to Rowan and Anna Rheingans’ excellent 2015 album Already Home(a Top of the World...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2018

Review of Laço Umbilical

Laço Umbilical

Lucibela

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...

Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018

Review of Åra

Åra

Erlend Apneseth Trio

Top of the World

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★★

Apneseth is on the move again. His previous albums have investigated a more purist Norwegian folk (even when he's penned...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2018

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