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Review of Reconnect

Reconnect

Sonia Aimy

Slammin Media Digital

Rating: ★★★★

Sonia Aimy sings, in her silky, melodious tones, ‘salaam alaikum.’ Set to gentle, chugging Afrobeat, the traditional Muslim greeting is...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2021

Review of HEISK

HEISK

HEISK

HEISK

Rating: ★★★★

Punchy drums, electronic flourishes, ear-catching grooves: this is instrumental trad-inspired tunes taken out of the pub and elevated to the...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: November/2021

Review of God Speed the Plough

God Speed the Plough

John Kirkpatrick

Fledg''ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Our views of history are at best partial and often misguided. Historians go to great lengths to put us right....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011

Review of Liguriani

Liguriani

Liguriani

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

A strip of mixed people and sounds, Liguria lies in Italy's north-west, a region squeezed between rugged hill tops and...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2011

Review of The InCider Sessions

The InCider Sessions

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

TCR

Rating: ★★★

Whatever fiddler Adam Summerhayes is on, I want some. He’s known for his formidable talent in classtcal and tolk traditions,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2020

Review of Eat the Moon

Eat the Moon

FY5

Swingfingers Records

Rating: ★★★★

Eat the Moon is the third album by FY5 – aka Finnders & Youngberg – and combines the swinging strings...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Innocent Road

Innocent Road

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms

West Sound Music

Rating: ★★★

Hitting the ‘play’ button is like cranking up a time machine set to Grand Ole Oprycirca 1960. The easy-chugging strains...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017

Review of In a Cosmic Ear

In a Cosmic Ear

Re Niliu

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Up until their dissolution in the mid-1990s, Calabria's Re Niliu had been diving deep into traditional Italian peasant music, growing...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2015

Review of RELAY Vol 2

RELAY Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

This is the second volume of an ongoing series of download albums launched during the COVID-19 lockdown by The Little...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020

Review of Adoon Winding Nith

Adoon Winding Nith

Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan

White Fall Records WFRCD003

Rating: ★★★

There's a distinctly spring-like zest and freshness about this new collection of Robert Burns songs, derived in part from the...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: June/2010

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