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Review of Soprem Bons Ventos

Soprem Bons Ventos

Pedro Ricardo

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

Pedro Ricardo, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer, explains that his debut album represents “an ode to the past, to those...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023

Review of Âmago

Âmago

Vila Navio

Vila Navio

Rating: ★★★

Since 2013, André Coelho Rodrigues has been exploring and perfecting his peculiar take on Portuguese folk music after going through...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2023

Review of Bold Reynold

Bold Reynold

David Carroll & Friends

Talking Elephant Records

Rating: ★★★★

Despite his extensive success performing in folk clubs in the 1970s, David Carroll never got around to recording a solo...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2023

Review of Nenĭa Iră

Nenĭa Iră

Nenĭa Iră

Vlad Productions/Absilone/Believe Digital

Rating: ★★★

This eponymous first album by one-woman band Aurélia Nardini draws on Mediterranean modal music, supplemented by her electronic machines, Indian...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: April/2023

Review of Nakshatra

Nakshatra

Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy

Top of the World

Spinster

Rating: ★★★★★

Bringing new elements into a musical tradition that has a long history and strict sense of training and performance is...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2023

Review of A Number of Work

A Number of Work

Cooper and Toller

Hear the Din Music Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Cooper and Toller are a folk duo based in the Bristol area. Their debut album, A Number of Work, brings...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023

Review of Revolt for Change

Revolt for Change

Ebo Krdum

Epidemic Sound

Rating: ★★★

After his 2021 Top of the World album Diversity, Ebo Krdum has followed up with two albums for the royalty-free...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2023

Review of Basa Ahaide

Basa Ahaide

Haratago

La Grande Folie

Rating: ★★★★

Basa Ahaide, the debut release from French quartet Haratago, is a tough one to pigeonhole. The project of Basque musician...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2023

Review of Abri Cyclonique

Abri Cyclonique

Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★

For the last five decades, Polobi, from Guadeloupe has been drumming and singing gwo ka music in the Caribbean island's...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023

Review of Anskoonamakew slii Shansoon

Anskoonamakew slii Shansoon

Andrea Menard

Velvet & Hawk

Rating: ★★★★

It's not often that music recorded a few weeks ago evokes a vivid atmosphere of many centuries past. Andrea Menard's...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2023

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