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Review of Highland Strands

Highland Strands

Kevin Macleod

Kevin Macleod

Rating: ★★★★

Highland Strands is a rare beast; an atmospheric recording that captures something of the spirit of the very best pub...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Puerta del Sur

Puerta del Sur

Bio Ritmo

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

American salsa this good traditionally hails from New York, courtesy of the Fania label. But Bio Ritmo's 11th album to...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Lily-O

Lily-O

Sam Amidon

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With his assured fiddle, guitar, banjo and voice, this native of Brattleboro, Vermont has a firm enough grasp of American...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako

Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako

Les Ambassadeurs

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★★

What a joy it must have been to see and hear Les Ambassadeurs in the mid-70s, playing in the motel...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Őszi Vázlatok (Live)

Őszi Vázlatok (Live)

Tárkány Müvek

NKA

Rating: ★★★

The Hungarian group Tárkány Müvek, led by cimbalom player Bálint Tárkány-Kovács have been going about five years, playing inventive folk-meets-jazz...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of The High Stepping Music of Sheesham & Lotus & Son

The High Stepping Music of Sheesham & Lotus & Son

Sheesham & Lotus & Son

Sepiaphone Records

Rating: ★★★

Canadian trio Sheesham & Lotus & Son made a strong impression with their debut album 1929 and energetic live performances...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Goshawk

Goshawk

Carole Pegg & Radik Tülüsh

7 Stars Records

Rating: ★★

Here's an intriguing prospect. Radik Tülüsh, an esteemed Tuvan throat singer and a member of the long-running group Huun Huur...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Código de Barros

Código de Barros

El Naán

El Naán

Rating: ★★★

The roots music of the Iberian peninsula runs the whole gamut, from Celtic-inflected Galician piping to a multitude of flamenco...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of The Elizabethan Session

The Elizabethan Session

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Quercus Records

Rating: ★★★★

Soon after the various artists who collaborated on The Elizabethan Session conceived their evocation of the first Elizabethan age, they...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Lolo

Lolo

Soneros All Stars

Sóneros Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is no way you are going to be able to sit still when listening to Swedish producer Jan Bogdan...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

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