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Review of Fa

Fa

Susana Seivane

Nakra

Rating: ★★★★

Images of Galician piper Susana Seivane's son, born during an eight-year absence from the studio, litter the thick little booklet...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Lo Bueno Está Aquí

Lo Bueno Está Aquí

Contento

El Palmas Music

Rating: ★★★★

Paulo Olarte and Sebastian Hoyos, the two Colombian expats who make up Contento, like to call their music ‘salsapunk.’ At...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020

Review of Talk about the Weather

Talk about the Weather

Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra

Tea Pad Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Here is yet another product of the music factory that is the Folk and Traditional Music degree course at Newcastle...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Aukai

Aukai

Aukai

Aukai

Rating: ★★

Aukai is German multi-instrumentalist and composer Markus Sieber; his stage moniker is a Hawaiian word meaning ‘traveller.’ His ambient-hippy instrumental...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Rakes and Misfits

Rakes and Misfits

Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne plays melodeons and concertinas, including a rare Lachenal 30-key bass Anglo concertina on which he performs ‘parping accompaniment...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2021

Review of Samaya

Samaya

Harpreet Bansal

Jazzland Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Harpreet Bansal is a Norway-based violinist of the North Indian tradition who was taught and mentored by her father, Harbhajan...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2018

Review of Classic African American Songsters

Classic African American Songsters

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

Ry Cooder once cuttingly said that blues music has been reduced to a soundtrack for selling jeans in TV ads....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Seiva

Seiva

Seiva

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★

For some years now, Vasco Ribeiro Casais has built a well-earned reputation for being one of the most original and...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2015

Review of Next Spring

Next Spring

Mehmet Polat Trio

Home Records

Rating: ★★★

This meeting of the ud, ney and kora is contemplative and exploratory – an experiment in their shared sensibilities and...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Affinity

Affinity

Atlas

Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★★

Atlas are two natives of Limerick, Ireland: Cillian Doheny, guitarist and lynchpin of Moxie, and concertina player Cillian King. Their...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: August/2017

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