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Review of Poor Strange Girl

Poor Strange Girl

Alice Jones

Splid Records

Rating: ★★★★

A singer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer from Ripponden in West Yorkshire, Alice Jones has been around folk music since she was...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2016

Review of Stringhenge

Stringhenge

Richard Durrant

The Burning Deck

Rating: ★★★

An extremely talented classical guitarist, Richard Durrant wears his considerable talents lightly aross this 22-track double CD. Containing a charming...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2018

Review of It’ll be Fine

It’ll be Fine

Ceol An Aire

Ceol An Aire

Rating: ★★

Ceol An Aire are a four-piece ceilidh band from Oban, in the West of Scotland, three of whom are still...

Reviewed by Graeme Thomson in issue: July/2014

Review of Unlearning/Open Letter to Adoniah

Unlearning/Open Letter to Adoniah

Sibusile Xaba

Mushroom Half Hour

Rating: ★★★★

The credits on this double album by the young dreadlocked South African jazz guitarist and singer contain the intriguing line:...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017

Review of twelvemonth and a day

twelvemonth and a day

Wolf & Clover

Wolf & Clover

Rating: ★★★

Based in Columbus, Georgia, this sextet boasts three professors, a music academy director, doctoral candidate and orchestra executive in its...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2022

Review of Horse Camp

Horse Camp

The Lowest Pair & Small Town Therapy

Delicata Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2020, while camping in the Pacific Northwest, Kendl Winter (vocals, banjo, guitar) and Palmer T Lee (vocals, banjo, guitar),...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023

Review of 12 Bombazos Bailables

12 Bombazos Bailables

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Considering the sheer amount of quality music that came out of Colombia from the 50s through to the 70s, highlighted...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

Review of Chalo

Chalo

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Jazz Diaries

Rating: ★★★

This charitable 28-track compilation aims to raise the profile of South Asian music, bringing together artists from the region and...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2021

Review of The Rough Guide to Sufi Music

The Rough Guide to Sufi Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Mean Old World

Mean Old World

Gordie Tentrees

Gordie Tentrees

Rating: ★★★

A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Gordie Tentrees was raised on a farm in an environment described in his bio...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021

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