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Review of Dialogues

Dialogues

Su-a Lee

Top of the World

Su-a-Lee

Rating: ★★★★★

South Korea-born cellist Su-a Lee celebrates her 30 years of musical experience with her beguiling and exquisite debut solo album...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2023

Review of A Time Between Birth and Chaos

A Time Between Birth and Chaos

Symo Reyn

Believe

Rating: ★★★

On stage, he sits with a qanun, the Middle Eastern zither, on his lap and a table crammed with electronic...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2023

Review of Horse Camp

Horse Camp

The Lowest Pair & Small Town Therapy

Delicata Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2020, while camping in the Pacific Northwest, Kendl Winter (vocals, banjo, guitar) and Palmer T Lee (vocals, banjo, guitar),...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023

Review of Que-vive!

Que-vive!

Compagnie Rassegna

Buda Musique

Rating: ★

Compagnie Rassegna are a band based in the south of France, led by guitarist Bruno Allary. They are also involved...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of Polaris

Polaris

Folkatomik

ItalySona

Rating: ★★★★

Turin-dwelling musicians of southern Italian descent (Oreste Forestieri, Franco Montanaro and Valeria Quarta), delve into traditional forms from the southern...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: March/2023

Review of Music for Hope

Music for Hope

Wu Man with Amjad Ali Khan

Zoho

Rating: ★★★

Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan has done a few collaborative recordings with musicians from other traditions – for instance...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of Desumanos

Desumanos

Desumanos

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

While recording a Felipe Cordeiro album back in 2013, the musicians found their studio jam sessions so enjoyable that they...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2023

Review of Kelena Fôly

Kelena Fôly

Cheick Tidiane Seck

Komos

Rating: ★★★

Grand pianos are not heard much in West African music, but Cheick Tidiane Seck has been playing for more than...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2023

Review of ZETS!

ZETS!

YID!

YID!

Rating: ★★★

If the idea of a Yiddish language album seems a little old worldy, you probably haven't yet heard ZETS!. This...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: March/2023

Review of Blackletter Garland

Blackletter Garland

Hack-Poets Guild

One Little Independent

Rating: ★★★★

The Hack-Poets Guild are Marry Waterson, Lisa Knapp and composer and sound designer Nathaniel Mann. Working with Sound UK Arts,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2023

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