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Review of Otodi

Otodi

Vaudou Game

Top of the World

Hot Casa Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The cover of this album goes a great way to describing the audio treasure that lies inside. A mask representing...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Songs of Loss and Healing

Songs of Loss and Healing

Douglas MacGregor

Douglas MacGtegot

Rating: ★★★

This is the third solo album by accomplished London-based classical guitarist Douglas MacGregor. A deeply personal project, it explores the...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of The Newpart

The Newpart

April Verch

Slab Town Records

Rating: ★★★

Canadian fiddler, singer and step dancer April Verch has been a figure on the Canadian folk scene since the early...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015

Review of My Favorite Picture of You

My Favorite Picture of You

Guy Clark

Dualtone Records

Rating: ★★★★

At its best, country & western music tells honest tales with pretty tunes, and that’s what 72-year-old songwriter Guy Clark...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2013

Review of Tsikaya: Músicos Do Interior

Tsikaya: Músicos Do Interior

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Pangeiart PAN105

Rating: ★★★★

Blighted by war from 1961 to 2002, Angola has received far less attention for its music than many of its...

Reviewed by Tom Bullough in issue: March/2010

Review of Hell Yeah!

Hell Yeah!

Cajun Roosters

Whoopee Records

Rating: ★★★

This is some straight-up knee-slapping, line-dancing, hat-tippin’, hoedown-swinging, Bayou-swimmin’ stuff! If that's not your thing, you’re probably not going to...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Lágrimas Mexicanas

Lágrimas Mexicanas

Vinicius Cantuária & Bill Frisell

Top of the World

Naïve

Rating: ★★★★★

Having made his name sprudng up bossa nova alongside New York's avant-garde set, this isn't the first time Brazilian ex-pat...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of All is Not Forgotten

All is Not Forgotten

Siobhan Miller

Songprint Records

Rating: ★★★

All is Not Forgotten follows on from Miller's 2018 release Mercury, and a very pleasant follow-up it is too. New...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2020

Review of Alde

Alde

Benedicte Maurseth

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

Alde, meaning ‘swell’ in English, perfectly sums up the feel of this debut solo album from Hardanger fiddle player Benedicte...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: July/2012

Review of In Search of Sources

In Search of Sources

Jarek Adamów & Marcin Kozak

Folken Music

Rating: ★★

Unlike the Jarek Adamów album that follows this one, In Search of Sources features two Polish musicians interested in the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022

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