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Review of Saints and Scoundrels

Saints and Scoundrels

Sharon Shannon

Top of the World

IRL DLCD036

Rating: ★★★★

The virtuoso accordionist from Doolin in County Clare is certainly not short of a few friends on this wild wagon-train...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Proper Folk (3 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★★★

At just over two hours long, and with 31 tracks from artists such as Kathleen MacInnes, Lau, Karine Polwart and...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2013

Review of Ondatropica

Ondatropica

Ondatropica

Top of the World

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

No one does Colombia with as much attention to detail as Soundway Records. Their latest two-CD release, Ondatrópica, is a...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know

The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know

Rising Appalachia

Rising Appalachia

Rating: ★★★★

Full disclosure: your reviewer fully anticipated not raving about this album. While appreciating Rising Appalachia’s raison dêtre, my ears have...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Ponguru

Ponguru

Al Fraser & Phil Boniface

Rattle Records

Rating: ★★★★

On the surface this may seem like an odd pairing, but the combination of New Zealanders Fraser and Boniface actually...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of High Moon Order

High Moon Order

Betse Ellis

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bluegrass music is not going to hell in the hands of young post-rock performers, rest assured. But I have detected...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Roya

Roya

Liraz

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Persian/Israeli singer Liraz was a Songlines cover star in 2020 courtesy of her sophomore album Zan, a border-busting work in...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022

Review of A Casual Invocation

A Casual Invocation

Cunning Folk

Dharma Records

Rating: ★★★★

George Hoyle, aka Cunning Folk, is a folklorist, storyteller, folk artist, magical ritualist, a former member of Gay Dad, Circulus,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020

Review of Everything is Broke

Everything is Broke

Muito Kaballa

Switchstance Recordings

Rating: ★★

Muito Kaballa is a multiinstrumentalist, working in Cologne. This debut album features a spread of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, flute,...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2019

Review of Tree of Dreams

Tree of Dreams

Huong Thanh

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Tree of Dreams is Huong Thanh's second album of traditional Vietnamese music following the release of Cai Luong Music in...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: Apr/May/2012

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