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Review of Water of Tyne

Water of Tyne

Kathryn Tickell & Friends

Magnetic North East

Rating: ★★★

Magnetic North East is a new organisation dedicated to promoting the music, culture, art and heritage – the identity, then...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of True Born Irishman

True Born Irishman

Daoirí Farrell

Top of the World

Daoirí Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

On the strength of this thrillingly resonant collection from the Dublin-based singer and bouzouki player, it's not too hard to...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Roots

Roots

Andrew Finn Magill

Rootbranches.net

Rating: ★★★★

North Carolina fiddler Andrew Finn Magill makes a convincing bid for wider recognition with Roots, the first in a projected...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of A Thousand Cranes

A Thousand Cranes

Çiğdem Aslan

Top of the World

Asphalt Tango

Rating: ★★★★★

Çiğdem Aslan is a Turkish-born, Hackney-based singer who first came to my attention when she joined She’Koyokh, the fabulous Balkan...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Bottle Bank Band

Bottle Bank Band

Bottle Bank Band

Hooky Mat Records

Rating: ★★★

Made up of four Tyneside fiddlers – Sophy Ball, Chloe Jones, David Jones and Stewart Hardy – and taking their...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Out of My Own Light: The Margaret S Tait Project

Out of My Own Light: The Margaret S Tait Project

Louise Bichan

Swanbister Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 1950, Margaret S Tait, aged 25, set out on a solo trip from Orkney across the North Atlantic and...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Divé Husy (Wild Geese)

Divé Husy (Wild Geese)

Jitka Šuranská Trio

Indies Scope

Rating: ★★★★

Singer and violinist Jitka Šuranská is a rising star of the Czech music scene, drawing inspiration from the traditional music...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Navega!

Navega!

Moussu T e Lei Jovents

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

From Marseille, singer Tatou and crew have continued leaping across to the US, bringing the Occitan language to new audiences....

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Gadalokos

Gadalokos

Auļi

Lauska

Rating: ★★★★

Although advertised as a mass bagpipe and drum group, Latvian group Auļi leaven their uncompromising sound with bowed and plucked...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Spain Forever

Spain Forever

Michel Camilo & Tomatito

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the latest in a very occasional series of duo albums by the Dominican pianist Michel Camilo and Andalusian...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2017

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