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Review of Keepsakes

Keepsakes

Sam Carter

Captain Records CAP002

Rating: ★★★★

With cover art picturing keepsakes sent in by fans – an old travelcard, an old tooth, an old mixtape –...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Helleristning

Helleristning

Julie Alapnes

Ta:lik

Rating: ★★★

Alapnes was five when she stood in her grandfather’s kitchen in North Norway learning how to hold the fiddle that...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Desert Songs: Memories of Rumi

Desert Songs: Memories of Rumi

Esbe

Music Media

Rating: ★★★

Born to a Turkish-Algerian father and an Austrian-Polish mother, adopted at birth by a Jewish family in North London and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Tres Luceros

Tres Luceros

Kevin Seddiki & Sandra Rumolino

Wildner Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tango is the elephant in the room of this debut duo record – always present in spirit but rarely fully...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016

Review of Vintage Americana

Vintage Americana

McCamy’s Old-Time Rendez-vous

Fiémeaux et Associés

Rating: ★★★

Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Biensüre

Biensüre

Biensüre

wewantsounds

Rating: ★★★★

This superb debut from Marseille-based Biensüre is a confident and promising start to what may become a highly successful electro-pop...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: December/2022

Review of Nar

Nar

Christiane Karam Quintet

Christiane Karam

Rating: ★★★★

Singer Christiane Karam draws on both her Lebanese and Armenian heritage to deliver a richly textured and multilayered album that...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: May/2022

Review of A Golden Thread

A Golden Thread

Pete Morton

Further Records

Rating: ★★★★

Pete Morton is unashamedly old school – in the best possible way. He's a fine singer, with a relaxed but...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Burn

Burn

Lek Sen

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

From the sleepy fishing village of Ngor, Senegal, to the urban underground of Paris, this innovative singer and guitarist has...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of From the Devil’s Punchbowl

From the Devil’s Punchbowl

Aaron O’Hagan & Luke Ward

Top of the World

Aaron O'Hagan & Luke Ward

Rating: ★★★★★

Fresh evidence of a new generation from north of the border adding its own distinctive stamp on Irish traditional music...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2022

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