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Review of Quesaco?

Quesaco?

Paris Combo

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★

Paris Combo are an iconic Parisian band, carried by the voice and the twinkling presence of Bénédicte Grimault, aka Belle...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Footwork

Footwork

Lewis Wood

Top of the World

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album from English fiddler Lewis Wood is something of a concept album – and it’s a nice concept. Footwork...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of The Rough Guide to Jewish Music

The Rough Guide to Jewish Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Klezmer is by far the most well-known Jewish music genre, to the extent that it is often the only one...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Mousehold

Mousehold

The Shackleton Trio

The Shackleton Trio

Rating: ★★★

Led by Georgia Shackleton on fiddle and vocals, with Nic Zuppardi on mandolin and Aaren Bennett on guitar, the East...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Bak Lås Og Slå

Bak Lås Og Slå

Stampestuen

Stampestuen

Rating: ★★★★

From thieves to murderers this is a collection of songs about outcasts of Norwegian society in the 19th century. With...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of The Lions We Are

The Lions We Are

Dantchev:Domain | DANTCHEV:DOMAIN

Glomama Music

Rating: ★★★

Atmospheric and cinematic, The Lions We Are is a journey across spaces and sensations. Permeated by a playful experimentalism, this...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Razem

Razem

Babra & Megitza

Top of the World

FolkEuropa/Music Hungary

Rating: ★★★★

In Polish razem means ‘together’ and this album is a meeting of two bands: Babra from Hungary and Megitza (aka...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Houtekiet

Houtekiet

MANdolinMAN

Trad Records

Rating: ★★

When they formed in 2011, MANdolinMAN, a Belgian mandolin quartet, proposed new arrangements of the traditional Flemish repertoire, based on...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Good Times of Old England

Good Times of Old England

Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

Rating: ★★★★

Span are still a touring and recording band, like their 70s folk-rock compatriots Fairport, and a good portion of their...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

Review of Poems from Szék

Poems from Szék

Anna Sőregi

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

The Transylvanian village of Szék occupies an important place in the Hungarian folk tradition. It’s situated in Romania, but the...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2022

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