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Review of Where the Gods are in Peace

Where the Gods are in Peace

Antibalas

Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★★

Brooklyn's Antibalas have been releasing Afrobeat records for nearly two decades and their latest effort is an exemplary demonstration of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017

Review of Nykomlingen

Nykomlingen

Erlend Viken Trio

Heilo Records

Rating: ★★★★

This CD contains so much that is unexpected and surprising. It feels as though the band is on a journey...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2017

Review of Trails and Tribulations

Trails and Tribulations

Martin Simpson

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Trails and Tribulations is consistently both beautiful, and beautifully crafted. It has an ambience of wistful, weary experience, thanks to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017

Review of I Can Be A Clay Snapper (Lahko Sem Glinena Mesojedka)

I Can Be A Clay Snapper (Lahko Sem Glinena Mesojedka)

Širom

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★★

Širom, a young Slovenian multi-instrumentalist trio, exemplify a fine balance between improvisation and craft. This, their second studio outing, sees...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2017

Review of Masaryk: Národní Písně: Moravian and Slovak Folk Songs Reimagined

Masaryk: Národní Písně: Moravian and Slovak Folk Songs Reimagined

Lenka Lichtenberg

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

A devoted exponent of Yiddish song, Lenka Lichtenberg returns with a deeply personal album that reimagines a 75-year-old collection of...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2017

Review of What If

What If

The Jerry Douglas Band

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

With its searingly fast tempo and hard-swinging arrangement, ‘Cavebop’ sets the bar high for What If, which is perhaps the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2017

Review of Hills

Hills

Jack Rutter

Jack Rutter

Rating: ★★★★

Still only in his mid 20s, Rutter has a sterling pedigree, having recorded with Seth Lakeman and Jackie Oates alongside...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2017

Review of Cajun Accordion Kings (and the Queen)

Cajun Accordion Kings (and the Queen)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Valcour Records is run by Joel Savoy – of the celebrated Savoy Family Cajun Band – and he does a...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2017

Review of Tro

Tro

Gwyneth Glyn

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

One of Wales' most talented singer-songwriters, Gwyneth Glyn returns here with her first solo release since her Welsh/Indian collaboration, Ghazalaw,...

Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: November/2017

Review of In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Kira Skov & Maria Faust

Stunt Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the Beginning is a collaboration between the Danish singer Kira Skov and the Estonian, Copenhagen-based saxophonist and composer, Maria...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: November/2017

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