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Review of Suomiklezmer2

Suomiklezmer2

Sampo Lassila Narinkka

Narinkaattori Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hop on the last metro out of Helsinki city centre. Nighttime revelries fade away as the doors slide closed and...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Weġgħat Żgħar

Weġgħat Żgħar

TroffaĦamra

TroffaĦamra

Rating: ★★★

What a surprise to hear an album sung predominantly in Maltese. Infused inevitably with Mediterranean influences, bolstered by perceptible Levantine,...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Proxy Music

Proxy Music

Linda Thompson

StorySound Records

Rating: ★★★★

With a cover aping Roxy Music’s debut album, Linda Thompson launches her proxy project – with family and friends including...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Anomalia

Anomalia

Polski Piach

Gusstaff Records

Rating: ★★★

Polish outfit Polski Piach’s third album, Anomalia sees them return with a new angle on their brand of folk-blues. The...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Uddevalla

Uddevalla

Lauren Collier

Close Press Records

Rating: ★★★★

Glasgow-based singer and fiddle player Collier’s debut album Uddevalla is a strikingly global and atmospheric selection of songs and tunes...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Un Ballo Liscio Vol 2

Un Ballo Liscio Vol 2

Riccardo Tesi & Claudio Carboni

EGEA

Rating: ★★★★

Tesi, a specialist of the organetto, after 30 years produces another tribute to ballo liscio, a hugely popular form of...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

Ma Olen Maa Peal V66ras

6hunesseq

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

It was a fascination for Estonian chorales and folk music which brought these four musicians together in 2021, and a...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of La Comitiva

La Comitiva

Erlend Øye & La Comitiva

Bubbles Records

Rating: ★★★

Øye should ring a bell as half of indie-bucolic-pop 00s sensation Kings of Convenience. But having relocated to Siracusa some...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Live in Dublin

Live in Dublin

Lankum

Rough Trade Records

Rating: ★★★★

It pains me to give this only four stars. As with any live recording, this is essentially a collection of...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Culla e Tempesta

Culla e Tempesta

FARAUALLA

Zero Nove Nove

Rating: ★★★★

Culla e Tempesta (Cradle and Storm) is a spectacular new album by the female vocal quartet from Apulia. Formed in...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

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