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Review of Salvavidas de Hielo

Salvavidas de Hielo

Jorge Drexler

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

Is it possible that Drexler has found the perfect way of describing his music with the title of his latest...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2018

Review of 30 Years Live!

30 Years Live!

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

If Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys are a new band to you, then you probably haven't listened to much,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2019

Review of These Changing Skies

These Changing Skies

Elephant Revival

Top of the World

Itz Evolving Records

Rating: ★★★★

Like an Americanised version of Pentangle, Elephant Revival apply Superior instrumental acumen, idiosyncratic style, and a knack for compelling writing...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Romology

Romology

Kal

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Belgrade’s Kal – who consist essentially of guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Dragan Ristic and various sidemen – attracted much attention...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2014

Review of The Voice of the People: The Barley Mow

The Voice of the People: The Barley Mow

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Topic Records released the Voice of the People series – 20 CDs and about 500 recordings of traditional songs and...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Halleli N'Dakarou

Halleli N'Dakarou

Guelewar

Teranga Beat

Rating: ★★★

This autumn's surprise from Africa comes from Banjul in the Gambia, in the shape of a band who are described...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Drömmaren

Drömmaren

Elin Jonsson

Elin Jonsson

Rating: ★★★

Elin Jonsson is a fiddle player from the north of Sweden making her solo debut with this new release. Growing...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2021

Review of Jenny Does Burn

Jenny Does Burn

Mairi Orr

Mairi Orr

Rating: ★★★★

Jenny Does Burn is the accomplished and moody debut album from Edinburgh-based Mairi Orr. Heavily influenced by American folk traditions...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2015

Review of 500 Years of Night

500 Years of Night

Quique Escamilla

Lulaworld Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from the Chiapas region of Mexico but based in Toronto, Canada, Quique Escamilla might represent a modern version of...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: March/2015

Review of Sandaraa

Sandaraa

Sandaraa

Sandaraa

Rating: ★★★★

Sandaraa are a musical manifesto defying ethnic, linguistic and national borders and tracing a shared human experience through their ‘trans-Eurasian’...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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