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Review of Samaya

Samaya

Harpreet Bansal

Jazzland Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Harpreet Bansal is a Norway-based violinist of the North Indian tradition who was taught and mentored by her father, Harbhajan...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018

Review of Beiralúa

Beiralúa

SonDeSeu

SonDeSeu

Rating: ★★

Galegos (Galicians) seem to delight in being utterly different from their Spanish neighbours. Why bother with all that guitar and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2018

Review of Many a Thousand

Many a Thousand

Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith

Top of the World

Many a Thousand Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This third studio album from the Norfolk-born folk duo follows their impressive 2016 release, Night Hours. It contains all the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2018

Review of ¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz

¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz

Grupo Mono Blanco

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

A coastal offshoot of the Mexican folk music scene that burst into life during the 1970s, son jarocho has roots...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2018

Review of Gleimim

Gleimim

Chalaban

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★

This sixth album from Hungarian-Moroccan band Chalaban takes its title from the nickname of bandleader Saïd Tichiti's childhood home of...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: October/2018

Review of Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018

Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The label Fellside has been a significant force in independent folk music recording for 42 years, with more than 600...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018

Review of Sväng Plays Tango

Sväng Plays Tango

Sväng

Top of the World

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★

Finnish tango is a serious business. For over 100 years now it has spoken of melancholy, heartbreak and gloom. But...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2018

Review of When All is Still

When All is Still

Rachael McShane & The Cartographers

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘The Molecatcher’, the first track of Rachael McShane's terrific album with her new band, The Cartographers, sets the tenor of...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2018

Review of Ideal

Ideal

Catherine Bent

Catherine Bent

Rating: ★★★

With a classical and jazz background, Catherine Bent, a Berklee professor of music, has harnessed her virtuoso cello playing to...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2018

Review of Banjophony

Banjophony

Damien O'Kane & Ron Block

Top of the World

Pure Records

Rating: ★★★★

The poor old banjo has long been the butt of jokes – even banjo maestro Ron Block himself has been...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2018

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