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Review of Faerie Fire Dances

Faerie Fire Dances

Marc Block

Glasspool Music

Rating: ★★★

Marc Block has been on the folk scene since the mid-1980s, a self-described ‘rootsy Radical Faerie singer of original and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020

Review of Cliffs

Cliffs

Garefowl

Penny Fiddle Records

Rating: ★★

The St Kilda archipelago, located 50 miles west of the Outer Hebrides and evacuated 90 years ago this year, exercises...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: November/2020

Review of Oy

Oy

Mohsen Namjoo

Fabrica Music STR70013

Rating: ★★

Mohsen Namjoo has created quite a buzz in Iran in recent years, initially as a singer-songwriter pushing the boundaries and...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: October/2010

Review of Buan

Buan

Danú

Top of the World

Danú

Rating: ★★★★

A long five years after Seanchas, album number eight from Danú arrives in time to celebrate their 20th anniversary in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Distrito Federal

Distrito Federal

Mexican Institute of Sound

Top of the World

Soy Sauce

Rating: ★★★★

Camilo Lara is a busy man – music supervisor for Disney's Coco, founding member of Mexrrissey and Compass, perennial collaborator...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2021

Review of The Rhythmagic Orchestra

The Rhythmagic Orchestra

The Rhythmagic Orchestra

Impossible Ark/Unfold

Rating: ★★★★

Compelling, Latin jazz-leaning stuff from some of Britain and Cuba’s finest, this is released on the ever-intriguing Impossible Ark imprint...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Lovers Rock: The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae

Lovers Rock: The Soulful Sound of Romantic Reggae

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan Records

Rating: ★★★

An episode of Steve McQueen’s acclaimed BBC television series Small Axe stimulated renewed interest in lover’s rock, the Black British...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: July/2022

Review of Renayate

Renayate

Houria Aïchi

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★

Houria Aïchi’s reputation has been built on her performances of songs from her native Aurès, the mountainous region in the...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2013

Review of Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola

Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola

Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola

Top of the World

Dell Daisy Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a contender for one of the most magical CD releases of late. Sarah-Jane Summers is an esteemed student...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Nova

Nova

Erlend Apneseth

Hubro Music

Rating: ★★★★

For his first solo album in nine years Apneseth, one of Norway’s most thrilling Hardanger fiddle players, chose to record...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2022

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