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Review of Attic Mornings

Attic Mornings

Claudia Schwab

Claudia Schwab

Rating: ★★★

Her second full-length release, following 2014's crowd-funded Amber Sands, finds the Austrian-born, Sligo-based violinist and vocalist joined by Swedish percussionist...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017

Review of Sol: A Series of Reflections

Sol: A Series of Reflections

Joshua Hyde

Integrated Records

Rating: ★★★

From the very first track, ‘Call’, it's clear that in Sol, Joshua Hyde intends to deal more in atmospheres than...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Laru Beya

Laru Beya

Aurelio Martinez

Top of the World

Real World

Rating: ★★★★★

The influence of the late Andy Palacio runs through these dozen songs and for Aurelio Martinez, a guitarist, singer-songwriter and...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: March/2011

Review of Eternal Love

Eternal Love

Simdi Ensemble & Michel Godard

Dreyer Gaido Records

Rating: ★★★

This unusual album explores the tuneful Turkish Sufi song tradition with the aid of Michel Godard on tuba and serpent....

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: June/2016

Review of Banzeiro

Banzeiro

Dona Onete

Top of the World

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★

Find yourself some wiggle room: Dona Onete is back with another dose of salubrious grooves from the north of Brazil....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2017

Review of Bright Phoebus

Bright Phoebus

Lal & Mike Waterson

Domino Records

Rating: ★★★★

An aura surrounds Bright Phoebus; this is the legendary, lost masterpiece of modern English folk. The Watersons sang traditional songs...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2017

Review of Bahir

Bahir

Dexter Story

Soundway

Rating: ★★★★

Where the rhythms and grooves of West Africa have been embraced across the planet, absorbed into the mainstream and melded...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: May/2019

Review of Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba

Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba

Somi

Salon Africana/Membran

Rating: ★★★★

Born in the US to immigrant parents from Rwanda and Uganda, Somi Kakoma is not only a Grammy-nominated jazz singer...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2022

Review of 4 Elementos

4 Elementos

Naná Vasconcelos

Far Dut

Rating: ★★★★

With collaborative credits ranging from Gato Barbieri to Talking Heads and a wealth of soundtracks under his belt, Naná Vasconcelos...

Reviewed by BrendÜN Griffin in issue: March/2014

Review of Feel

Feel

Hot Seats

Hot Seats

Rating: ★★★

The Hot Seats’ seventh album is unmissable for anyone interested in old-time music from the southern US. Appalachian music, bluegrass,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2012

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