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Review of Are Watching You

Are Watching You

Joey Herzfeld and His So-Called Friends

Scratchy Records

Rating: ★★

This job can be hard sometimes. Here we have an album of immaculately arranged, professionally performed songs with well-crafted lyrics,...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2016

Review of Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro II

Nordic Choro

Zebo Records

Rating: ★★★

The established link between Finland and South American music is tango, which was brought north over 100 years ago. Nordic...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2016

Review of Strange Country

Strange Country

Kacy & Clayton

New West Records

Rating: ★★★★

Kacy & Clayton are second-cousins from Saskatchewan and grew up a few miles apart in the Wood Mountain Hills, cutting...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2016

Review of Une Meeles

Une Meeles

Maarja Nuut

Top of the World

Maarja Nuut

Rating: ★★★★★

The 2013 debut album by the Estonian fiddler and singer Maarja Nuut secured her a WOMEX showcase, which those lucky...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2016

Review of Eparaka

Eparaka

Deltino Guerreiro

Kongoloti Records

Rating: ★★★

Eparaka is the first album from young Mozambican singer Deltino Guerreiro. It's been two years in the making, and the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2016

Review of Rey Loj

Rey Loj

Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna

Petit Indie

Rating: ★★★★

Chilean singer-songwriter Pascuala Ilabaca dances lightly around Chilean musical styles, mixing them with Indian forms she picked up while studying...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016

Review of NW

NW

Niteworks

Comann Music

Rating: ★★★

Originating from the Isle of Skye, Niteworks mix traditional and Gaelic influences with electronica to deliver an intriguing and vibrant...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016

Review of Mulher do Norte

Mulher do Norte

Claudia Aurora

Red Orange Recordings

Rating: ★★★

There is hardly a greater challenge to any fadista than addressing the immaculate and unbeatable Amália Rodrigues’ repertoire. Amália cannot...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: July/2016

Review of Sunda Country: The Art of the Gamelan Degung

Sunda Country: The Art of the Gamelan Degung

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★

Gamelan degung is one of the smaller types of gamelan ensembles. This disc, recorded between 1972 and 1973, features two...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: July/2016

Review of Gnoss

Gnoss

Gnoss

Gnoss Music

Rating: ★★★

Gnoss are young Orcadians Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin) and Aidan Moodie (guitar and vocals), and this is a confident...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2016

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