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Review of Ryan Young

Ryan Young

Ryan Young

Ryan Young

Rating: ★★★

This hotly tipped, er, young Scottish fiddler has won, and been nominated for a plethora of folk and fiddling awards....

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2017

Review of Lift Up!

Lift Up!

Mighty Souls Brass Band

Blue Barrel Records

Rating: ★★★

Mighty Soul Brass Band, are on first listen, another band in the great New Orleans marching band tradition. Yet a...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Hatching Hares

Hatching Hares

Anna Tam

Tam Records

Rating: ★★★

A one-time member of early music-cum-folk ensembles Wilde Roses and the Mediaeval Baebes, Tam is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist with a...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022

Review of North Star

North Star

Kyle Carey

Americelta Records

Rating: ★★★

US-born singer-songwriter Kyle Carey has a pleasing voice, which she wields with deft assuredness and gentle charm. Her music, a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2015

Review of Son Verdad

Son Verdad

Xiomara Fortuna

ILé Akwa Producciones

Rating: ★★★★

Xiomara Fortuna – attributed with founding the feminist movement in the Dominican Republic, an ‘out’ lesbian and a defender of...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019

Review of Mechanical Monster

Mechanical Monster

Monster Ceilidh Band

Dave's Flat Records

Rating: ★★★★

With lots of funk and zing to move all butts to the floor, the Monster Ceilidh Band remind us that...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Play Disco Specials

Play Disco Specials

The Star Beams

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

This is a reissue of the 1976 album originally released by the JAS Pride label in South Africa. The set-up...

Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: May/2020

Review of Jazz Tango

Jazz Tango

Pablo Ziegler Trio

Zoho

Rating: ★★★★

A member of Astor Piazzolla's last quintet, Buenos Aires-born pianist Pablo Ziegler shared the innovator's liking for both classical and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Viyezgo: Vimbuza from Mzimba South

Viyezgo: Vimbuza from Mzimba South

Amaliya Group

1000Hz Records

Rating: ★★★★

Vimbuza is a ceremony of the Tumbuka people of Malawi, where people become healed through trance and the possession of...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2022

Review of Mandorla

Mandorla

Pierre Schryer & Adam Dobres

Schryer Dobres Productions

Rating: ★★★

Pierre Schryer is a household name in Canada and Adam Dobres is an accomplished guitarist who can play just about...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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