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Review of Do Claro ao Breu

Do Claro ao Breu

Sopa de Pedra

Lovers & Lollypops

Rating: ★★★★

Sopa de Pedra are a Portuguese vocal ten-piece that got together ten years ago – which some may know already...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2022

Review of Undertow

Undertow

The Magpies

Gilded Lily Records

Rating: ★★★

When Holly Brandon was seven she was taken to a Show of Hands gig, and was so enthralled by Phil...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2022

Review of Sê

Gil do Carmo

Gil do Carmo

Rating: ★★★

It’s never easy when someone, unable to fight destiny picks up on the same craft their parents excelled...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2022

Review of Lustuz Laþu Wōþuz Alu

Lustuz Laþu Wōþuz Alu

Nebala

Norse Music

Rating: ★★★★

Nordic and Viking culture is currently enjoying a resurgence, not least with the release of big-budget film, The Northman. Which...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: November/2022

Review of Shuruaat

Shuruaat

Berklee Indian Ensemble

Berklee College of Music

Rating: ★★

This was always going to be slick, the Berklee Indian Ensemble is a collective of musicians with amazing technical skills....

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2022

Review of Saath Saath

Saath Saath

Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia

Believe

Rating: ★★★★

It is barely nine months since Chatterjee earned a three-page feature in Songlines (December 2021, #173) for his splendid album...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Review of The New Faith

The New Faith

Jake Blount

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

Following his impressive 2020 debut album, Spider Tales (reviewed in October 2020, #161), The New Faith fulfils the promise of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2022

Review of Long Time to Be Gone

Long Time to Be Gone

Nora Brown

Jalopy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Listening to ‘Jenny Put the Kettle On’, the opening track on Nora Brown’s third full-length album, Long Time to Be...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2022

Review of Sequana

Sequana

Souad Massi

Top of the World

Backingtrack Productions/Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Since winning best newcomer at the inaugural BBC Radio 3 World Music awards 20 years ago, Massi’s career has followed...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Review of Posse of Fireflies

Posse of Fireflies

Supriya Nagarajan

Manasamitra

Rating: ★★★

Yorkshire-based Karnatic singer Supriya Nagarajan recalls the India of her youth on this record, which highlights the wonder and mystery...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2022

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