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Review of Wild Wet World

Wild Wet World

Cosmo Sheldrake

Tardigrade

Rating: ★★★

Sheldrake’s previous album was the excellent Wake Up Calls, featuring music and sound set to birdsong, in order to ‘help...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2023

Review of Irish Rock’n’Roll

Irish Rock’n’Roll

The Mary Wallopers

BC Records

Rating: ★★★★★

‘Well here I am from Paddy’s Land,’ sings Charles Hendy in the opening line of ‘The Bauld O’Donoghue’, the first...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: November/2023

Review of Sur Mon Dos

Sur Mon Dos

Matjé

Label d’À Côté

Rating: ★★★

Like Manu Chao, Matjé is a musical voyager, who took his artist’s name from the Creole word ‘to write’. The...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023

Review of Unheard Landscapes

Unheard Landscapes

Mikko H Haapoja

Unheard Landscapes

Rating: ★★

Haapoja is a Helsinki-based producer and includes one of Finland’s current favourite bands, Okra Playground, among his credits. On Unheard...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2023

Review of Hämärä

Hämärä

Sähköpaimen

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

If you see the name Eero Grundström (Sväng, Suistamon Sähkö) on any release, go for it. It’ll be a bit...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2023

Review of Avant Folk Triptyk

Avant Folk Triptyk

Frode Haltli

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli’s third Avant Folk outing has a change of record label, from Hubro to Jazzland, retaining a...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2023

Review of Pod Obločkom

Pod Obločkom

Ondro a Kamaráti

Môlča Records

Rating: ★★

Ondrej Druga is a Slovakian accordionist and he and his ‘friends’ are devotees of the richest area of folk music...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2023

Review of Mãe

Mãe

Cristina Branco

Locomotiva Azul

Rating: ★★★★

Cristina Branco has always been a bit reluctant to call herself a fadista. And it is not hard to understand...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2023

Review of Caribe

Caribe

Ana Carla Maza

Persona Editorial

Rating: ★★★

Ana Carla Maza is a woman of true ambition, being a virtuoso cellist, a songwriter and singer and a bandleader....

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: November/2023

Review of Conversations We’ve Had Before

Conversations We’ve Had Before

Eliza Carthy Trio

Eliza Carthy

Rating: ★★★★★

With stalwart melodeon player Saul Rose and sympatico guitarist David Delarre, Eliza Carthy has hit on the perfect combination. They...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2023

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