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Review of O’Roma

O’Roma

Marcela

Jamalafak/Music Box Publishing/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★

I’ve gone years without hearing Slovak Roma music then receive two new albums in the same month – Júlia Kozáková’s...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2022

Review of Quarter to Six

Quarter to Six

Idan Raichel Project

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

Idan Raichel has become an important figure in Israeli music – this album has already gone double platinum there –...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2014

Review of The Bold Kerryman

The Bold Kerryman

Seamus Begley

IRL Records

Rating: ★★

Known as one of Ireland's foremost singers and accordionists, Seamus Begley has variously recorded with members of his famous musical...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015

Review of We Are Each Other, This Will Set Us Free

We Are Each Other, This Will Set Us Free

boci

boci music

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album from Bristol-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist boci covers a lot of ground musically, yet is rooted in...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2022

Review of Acoustic Classics

Acoustic Classics

Richard Thompson

Beeswing Records

Rating: ★★★

This may sport one of the least inspiring pieces of cover art you’re ever likely to have seen, but the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2014

Review of Needle & Thread

Needle & Thread

Dom Prag

Dom Prag

Rating: ★★★

Dom Prag is a young singer and guitarist from Southampton who discovered the world of traditional folk song when he...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2022

Review of Romancing the Past

Romancing the Past

Los Tres Reyes

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

Urbane male voices, in unison, constitute a vital force in Latin American folk music. In Mexico, one of the most...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2012

Review of The One and The Many

The One and The Many

Muntu Valdo

Warner Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Great things are expected of Muntu Valdo, the Cameroonian musician who turned up in London from Paris three years ago...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011

Review of Strange and Dangerous Times: New American Roots

Strange and Dangerous Times: New American Roots

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trikont

Rating: ★★★

The alt-country movement in the 90s was a reaction to the candyfloss of modern Nashville. It gave birth to a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2015

Review of An Introduction to Shirley Collins

An Introduction to Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★

You could say Shirley Collins needs little introduction and, certainly within the folk world, that is true. But this serves...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2017

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