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Review of Celebrating Emperor Tewodros II

Celebrating Emperor Tewodros II

Gabriella Ghermandi

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Anyone familiar with Francis Falceto's marvellous Éthiopiques series will have a good idea of what to expect from this album...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Every Bird that Flies

Every Bird that Flies

Julie Murphy

Shells in the Ocean

Rating: ★★★★

‘The Fall’ begins in paradise: lying on the ground on a summer's day, and a child running about. Suddenly there's...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of It's Time

It's Time

Alma Afrobeat Ensemble

Slow Walk Music

Rating: ★★★★

In 2002 the Red Hot + Riotcompilation album, which was an AIDS awareness release and tribute to the music of...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Most Jöttem

Most Jöttem

Félix Lajkó

Top of the World

Fonó

Rating: ★★★★

Félix Lajkó is Hungary's most groundbreaking violinist and this is one of his best recordings in years. He inhabits an...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of The Hazel and Alice Sessions

The Hazel and Alice Sessions

Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands

Spruce and Maple Music

Rating: ★★★★

Bluegrass veteran Laurie Lewis does her mentors proud with this 14-track tribute to the undisputed female heavyweight champions of the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Undercurrent

Undercurrent

Sarah Jarosz

Sugar Hill Records

Rating: ★★★

Accompanied by a line-up different from her familiar touring trio of recent years, Sarah Jarosz offers Undercurrent, which serves as...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Leyenda

Leyenda

Ana Alcaide

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Paying tribute variously to Mother Earth, to a Chinese goddess of flight and to the wicked sirens of Andalusian waterfalls,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of The Remarkable Return of Old Man Basco

The Remarkable Return of Old Man Basco

Basco

Go Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★

Originally, Basco were formed as a vehicle for Hal Parfitt-Murray's music after he met members Anders Tophøj and Anders Ringgaard...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz

The Rough Guide to Brazilian Jazz

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

It's fair to say Brazilian music has been in intimate dialogue with jazz almost from the genre's 19th-century inception –...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Dark Desert Night

Dark Desert Night

3hattrio

Okehdokee Records

Rating: ★★

Somewhat overwrought in its presentation, Dark Desert Night by 3hattrio, who consist of Greg Istock on vocals and acoustic bass,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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