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Review of Tirán

Tirán

Anxo Lorenzo

Zouma Records ZRCD061

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a thrilling balance here between questing innovation and serenading sounds from Galician piper and flautist Anxo Lorenzo. Supported by...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of K Frimpong (Blue & Black)

K Frimpong (Blue & Black)

K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas

Secret Stash

Rating: ★★★

Ever since K Frimpong’s music first started reappearing on compilations a decade or so ago, original copies of his LPs...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of 30: Real World at WOMAD

30: Real World at WOMAD

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Real World

Rating: ★★★

You might expect a compilation of Real World artists who have played at WOMAD over the last 30 years to...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012

Review of Lights in the Harbor

Lights in the Harbor

T'Monde

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2020

Review of Sojourns: Volume 1

Sojourns: Volume 1

Nava

Nava

Rating: ★★★

Following 2017's Tapestry, Nava are here again to prove that Irish and Persian music are not as unlikely bedfellows as...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2020

Review of Kalba

Kalba

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon

Wah Wah 45s

Rating: ★★★

Recorded in a church in north Ghana, this charity-driven collaboration between Ghanaian xylophonist Isaac Birituro and British producer and singer-songwriter...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: October/2019

Review of In the Round

In the Round

Leveret

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★

Leveret recorded their first album in a day. In the Round makes that seem extravagant – it was recorded in...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2016

Review of Where to Now?

Where to Now?

Track Dogs

Mondegreen Records

Rating: ★★

Track Dogs, comprising Garrett Wall, Dave Mooney, Howard Brown and Robbie K Jones – two Irishmen, an Englishman and an...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2022

Review of Zavrzlama

Zavrzlama

Divanhana

Top of the World

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★★

Divanhana are a fine Bosnian sevdah band that have been in existence for more than a decade. Well-known at home...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2022

Review of Ser Fado

Ser Fado

Telmo Pires

Traumton Records

Rating: ★

There's no beating around the bush: Telmo Pires’ second fado effort makes a poor case for his defence. It is...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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