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Review of Ona

Ona

Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr

Tomáš Kočko

Rating: ★★★★

The title Ona means ‘She’ in Czech and it presents women’s songs from Tomáš Kočko’s homeland Moravia, the eastern region...

Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: June/2022

Review of Brave New World

Brave New World

Marcus Gad Meets Tamal

Easy Star/Baco/High Records

Rating: ★★★

Reggae has long played a pivotal role in Pacific music, but unlike its Jamaican roots counterpart, the more derivative Oceanic...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022

Review of Róisín ReImagined

Róisín ReImagined

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Irish Chamber Orchestra

Ceol Music

Rating: ★★★★

Breathing new life into old, Róisín ReImagined takes the ancient tradition of sean nós singing, filters it through new arrangements...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2022

Review of Bi Cinnete Bakar

Bi Cinnete Bakar

Lalalar

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★

While it is true that young people in Turkey are getting clued in on 70s Anatolian psych through international acts...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: June/2022

Review of Vulpus

Vulpus

The Drystones

The Drystones

Rating: ★★★

Fusing folk fiddle and guitar with dance music, the Somerset duo celebrate ten years together with their fourth album, Vulpus....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022

Review of The Art of the Chinese Xiao & Hulusi

The Art of the Chinese Xiao & Hulusi

Heart of the Dragon Ensemble

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

Led by composer/arranger Li Jiang, Heart of the Dragon Ensemble is a UK-based collective of Chinese instrumentalists, known for their...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: June/2022

Review of Live at Vai Te Mihi

Live at Vai Te Mihi

Yoyo Tuki

Yoyo Tuki

Rating: ★★★★

The Pacific’s Rapa Nui – popularly known as Easter Island – is one of the most remote inhabited islands in...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022

Review of River of Dreams

River of Dreams

Johnny Coppin

Red Sky Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is something charmingly familiar and almost old fashioned about ex-Decameron guitarist Johnny Coppin’s River of Dreams that is evident...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: June/2022

Review of Duo Vargoz

Duo Vargoz

Duo Vargoz

La Compagnie du Rigodon

Rating: ★★★★

Re-exploring repertoires of oral tradition and rearranging them is a fairly common approach in the world of traditional music today....

Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: June/2022

Review of Bourdon

Bourdon

Topette!!

Topette!!

Rating: ★★★★

Bourdon is French for ‘Bumblebee,’ and Topette!!’s exhilarating and intriguing new album begins with the buzz of a dumbledore. This...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2022

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