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Review of Tantas Lisboas

Tantas Lisboas

Marco Rodrigues

Universal

Rating: ★★★

Marco Rodrigues’ fado is a little bit different from everyone else’s these days. With a past in pop music, the...

Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Jorge: The Definitive Collection

Jorge: The Definitive Collection

Jorge Ben

Wrasse

Rating: ★★★★

No Brazilian singer has chronicled the unpretentious, good life of simple, working-class Rio more faithfully than Jorge Ben. For almost...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Between The Ditches

Between The Ditches

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Side One Dummy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Each year, Reverend J Peyton and his blues trio [pictured below] set out from their home in the heart of...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Bluegrass

Bluegrass

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Putumayo

Rating: ★★

A handful of engaging selections punctuate the 13 tracks on this album, Putumayo’s initial venture into the bluegrass realm. David...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of American Hornpipe

American Hornpipe

Dana & Susan Robinson

Threshold Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the fourth album from the American duo whose credo is ‘new-time old-time music’ and who follow the tracks...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of When Our Grandfathers Said No

When Our Grandfathers Said No

The Young’uns

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hailing from north¬east England, the trademark of this vocal trio is lusty close harmony singing, through which they tell nostalgic...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of UnVeiled

UnVeiled

Sabina Rakcheyeva Ensemble

The European Azerbaijan Society

Rating: ★★★★

Sabina Rakcheyeva is a ferociously talented violinist from Azerbaijan. She studied at the Baku Academy of Music, at the Juilliard...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music

Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP

Rating: ★★★

Marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, this compilation is named after the island’s motto, ‘Out of Many,’ Drawing on...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Quest Under Capricorn

Quest Under Capricorn

Shaolin Afronauts

Freestyle

Rating: ★★★★

Whilst Shaolin Afronaut’s debut, Flight of The Ancients, wore its influences somewhat overtly on its sleeve, their follow-up sees them...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary

The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

There has been renewed activity and invention on the Hungarian folk scene in recent years, as a new generation has...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

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