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Review of Hedera

Hedera

Hedera

Cuculi Records

Rating: ★★★

Tunes from cultural traditions as diverse as Georgia, Northumberland, Bulgaria, Bali and Ireland are set alongside original compositions by this...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: April/2026

Review of Goaskinviellja – Eagle Brother

Goaskinviellja – Eagle Brother

Mari Boine

By Norse

Rating: ★★★★★

Over 30 years on from its 1993 release, the eagle soars again in this welcome reissue. Boine had already captivated...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2026

Review of Invented Folksongs

Invented Folksongs

Anna Pidgorna

Redshift Records

Rating: ★★★

Anna Pidgorna is a Ukrainian-Canadian singer and composer, currently residing in Vancouver. Despite this album’s title, her works possess a...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Spíra

Spíra

Ólöf Arnalds

Bella Union

Rating: ★★★

Ólöf Arnalds was part of the wave of Icelandic talent that swept into the broader musical consciousness in the early...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Plays Tanz! Live in New York City

Plays Tanz! Live in New York City

Michael Winograd

Borscht Beat

Rating: ★★★★

Michael Winograd is one of the great klezmer clarinettists of our time – and his previous albums have received strong...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: February/March/2026

Review of When It Rains It Pours

When It Rains It Pours

Shay Hazan

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

Tel-Aviv-based bassist Shay Hazan has released two albums foregrounding his playing of the Moroccan gimbri – and that sound makes...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/March/2026

Review of Masonolay i Cepo’

Masonolay i Cepo’

Outlet Drift

Wind Music

Rating: ★★★

The message is a celebration of Taiwan’s Indigenous culture. The medium is rock. Outlet Drift is a trio from Taiwan’s...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2026

Review of Home

Home

The Umoza Music Project

Right Track/Universal Music

Rating: ★★★

Here’s an interesting oddity. A group of African musicians sing in a makeshift studio on the banks of Lake Malawi,...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2022

Review of Weird and Wonderful Tales

Weird and Wonderful Tales

Bâton Bleu

Dixiefrog Records

Rating: ★★

French multi-instrumentalists Maria Laurent and Gautier Degandt specialise in hard-core acoustic folk, given a rock attitude, although still operating within...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2019

Review of Visions

Visions

Kavita Shah

Naïve Records

Rating: ★★★★

A Harvard student of Latin American studies and ethnomusicology, Kavita Shah has released an album on which the influence of...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

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