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Review of Canción de Otoño

Canción de Otoño

Pablo Milanés & José María Vitier

Fol Records

Rating: ★★★

Now a long-term resident of Galicia, the legendary Cuban protest singer Pablo Milanés is content these days to croon about...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of A Tribute to Lead Belly

A Tribute to Lead Belly

The Lonnigans Skiffle Group

Lonnigan Records

Rating: ★★★★

The songs of Lead Belly were first popularised in Britain during the skiffle era of the mid-50s, when Lonnie Donegan...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Amplificador: Novíssima Música Brasileira

Amplificador: Novíssima Música Brasileira

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

It's hard to say whether NMB (Novíssima Música Brasileira), meaning ‘Brand New Brazilian Music’, will ever have quite the same...

Reviewed in issue October/2015

Review of Spinning Yarns

Spinning Yarns

Norah Rendell

Two Tap Music

Rating: ★★★

She's had seven years as the lead singer and flautist with Cape Breton traditional group The Outside Track, and a...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Se Nou Ki La!

Se Nou Ki La!

Chouk Bwa Libète

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The word hardcore is often applied to denote a style that contains a strong message. Se Nou Ki La! is...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Planetario

Planetario

Novalima

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The distinctive characteristic of Novalima has always been their focus on reinvigorating Afro-Peruvian music with new electronic fusions. On their...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Paley & Son

Paley & Son

Tom & Ben Paley

Top of the World

Hornbeam Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Octogenarian Tom Paley was a member of the New Lost City Ramblers, one of the pioneering American folk revival bands...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

Review of It Takes Two to Tango

It Takes Two to Tango

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Winter & Winter

Rating: ★★★

Tango music is going through a quiet period, as evidenced by the number of compilations and reissues in circulation. In...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Voyageurs

Voyageurs

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys

Steve Riley

Rating: ★★★

Steve Riley is one of Cajun music's foremost accordionists and bandleaders: the Mamou Playboys have, under his leadership, developed into...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Get Ready

Get Ready

The Revelers

Revelers Records

Rating: ★★★

The Revelers hail from Lafayette, the capital of Cajun country, and consist of six young musicians schooled in the local...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2015

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