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Review of Stand & Deliver

Stand & Deliver

Pilgrims’ Way

Talking Cat Records

Rating: ★★

Pilgrims’ Way have had something of a chequered history. In 2011, the trio of singer Lucy Wright, fiddle player Tom...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2018

Review of I Saw a Sign: 1940-1947 Recordings

I Saw a Sign: 1940-1947 Recordings

Woody Guthrie

Hoodoo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Smithsonian Folkways has done such a splendid job in curating Woody Guthrie's legacy via a superbly presented and award-winning set...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

Review of Absolutely Live II: Viva Mexico!

Absolutely Live II: Viva Mexico!

Juan De Marcos & Afro-Cuban All Stars

DM Ahora

Rating: ★★★

Led by Juan de Marcos, the Cuban legend who provided many of the arrangements on Buena Vista Social Club, this...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

Review of Nordic Notes #100: Great Tunes from Scandinavia

Nordic Notes #100: Great Tunes from Scandinavia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Nordic Notes is a German record label with a passion for the music of northern Europe and Finland in particular....

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2018

Review of Follow Them True

Follow Them True

Stick in the Wheel

From Here Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Anyone who has seen Stick in the Wheel live recently will know just what a diamond-hard machine they have become....

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2018

Review of C'est Le Pompon

C'est Le Pompon

Topette!!

Topette

Rating: ★★★

This new acoustic dance band announce their intention not just in the title of their first CD – C'est Le...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2018

Review of Endless Path

Endless Path

Mahsa Vahdat & Coskun Karademir

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★★★

A while ago, the Secret Ensemble from Istanbul invited Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat to make a recording, the critically acclaimed...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2018

Review of Ol'Jansa

Ol'Jansa

Göran Månsson & Friends

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★★

Olof Jönsson also known fondly as Ol'Jansa, was a Swedish flute player from Härjedalen in the centre of Sweden, born...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2018

Review of Two Beats One Soul

Two Beats One Soul

VARIOUS ARTISTS

RMVK Records

Rating: ★

Of all the recent Cuban mash-ups, this fusion of Cuban and North American music comes with the most inflated publicity....

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2018

Review of Praise Drumming

Praise Drumming

Bengt Berger & Bitter Funeral Beer Band

Dragon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bengt Berger has studied and performed music in Ghana, specifically Ewe drumming, and funeral music from the north. He returned...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2018

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