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Review of Karja-La

Karja-La

Sväng

Top of the World

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★★

A touch of Howlin’ Wolf, hints of anarchic fiddle playing, traditional Baltic runo song, and a jumping minuet: prepare yourself...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2014

Review of Carnival Flower

Carnival Flower

Molotov Jukebox

Molotov Jukebox

Rating: ★★★★

Fans of the cult TV series Game of Thrones will doubtless be familiar with the catchphrase ‘Winter is Coming.’ For...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: July/2014

Review of Isula Ranni

Isula Ranni

Unavantaluna

Finisterre Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sharing a Sicilian background, the members of Rome-based Unavantaluna cohesively weave the island's traditional style and repertoire, sung in dialect,...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2014

Review of Cigarros Explosivos!

Cigarros Explosivos!

Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics

Asphalt Tango

Rating: ★★

Switzerland is a land in which little of musical interest ever seems to happen. But Jaro Milko grew up there,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014

Review of Grace Bay

Grace Bay

Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello

Copperplate

Rating: ★★★

Offspring of noted figures in their native West Clare and County Galway, the husband-and-wife team of Tommy McCarthy and Louise...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014

Review of Danzas Brancas

Danzas Brancas

Orquestra Folk SonDeSeu

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★

SonDeSeu, led by veteran composer Rodrigo Romaní, is a sprawling folk orchestra that combines a quintet of gaitas with armies...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014

Review of Agua en la Boca

Agua en la Boca

María Berasarte

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

We tend to think of fado as an uncompromising, impassioned, dark-hued genre. María Berasarte was born in San Sebastian, sings...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014

Review of Unity

Unity

Hassan Hakmoun

Healing Records

Rating: ★★★

A Gnawa singer and master of the three-stringed sintir lute, Hassan Hakmoun made his name more than 20 years ago...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2014

Review of Baifang

Baifang

Hanggai

Harlem Records

Rating: ★★★★

For their ‘difficult third album,’ Beijing's finest Mongolian band have taken a boldly rocky step on from their traditional roots,...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2014

Review of Final

Final

Pedro Luis Ferrer

Ultramusic

Rating: ★★★

For decades, this singer-songwriter has ploughed a lonely furrow, working latterly from his home studio in a Havana suburb. His...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: July/2014

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