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Review of Ħadãeq

Ħadãeq

Mólo Sâyat

Zephyrus Records

Rating: ★★★

Formed in Belgium in 2010 Mólo Sâyat began life as a jam band, playing versions of the Mediterranean songs that...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: April/2022

Review of Confluence #2: Le Chant des Sources

Confluence #2: Le Chant des Sources

Isabelle Courroy

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Usually made of hard wood, the kaval is an end-blown pastoral flute found in Turkey, Armenia, Greece, Albania, North Macedonia,...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2022

Review of Zone 6, Agege

Zone 6, Agege

KOG (Kweku of Ghana)

Pura Vida Sounds/Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Soaring highlife horns and harmonies jostle with hip-hop vocals and reggae rhythms to create a thoroughly engaging and very modern...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2022

Review of Osmosi

Osmosi

Osmosi Trio

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Osmosi is a collage by three virtuoso Italian jazz-rock instrumentalists (Fabio Marconi, Alberto Pederneschi and Ivo Barbieri), blending styles from...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2022

Review of Aistear

Aistear

Aisling Lyons

Aisling Lyons

Rating: ★★★★

Evidence that Aisling Lyons is the finest young Irish harpist at work today comes in the eight-time All-Ireland champion’s debut...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2022

Review of A’ Ghrian

A’ Ghrian

Niteworks

Comann Music

Rating: ★★★★

The mighty Niteworks return with A’ Ghrian, their third album and one which marks a confident stride in their sound....

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2022

Review of Picker’s Dream

Picker’s Dream

James Rigby

Ramble Records

Rating: ★★★

Liverpool based fingerstyle guitarist James Rigby’s playing is undoubtedly precise and technically spot on, as he demonstrates throughout 16 sunny,...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2022

Review of Janus

Janus

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

Hardanger fiddle player Annbjørg Lien has long been putting her instrument on the international map. She first recorded aged 12...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2022

Review of Hello Cabo Verde

Hello Cabo Verde

Adê

Adê

Rating: ★★★★

‘Fazê Gat’, the opening track on this rather lovely album, finds Adê singing gently in a duet with fellow Cape...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of When Summer Comes Again

When Summer Comes Again

Simon Mayor & Hilary James

Acoustics Records

Rating: ★★★

This is Simon Mayor and Hilary James’s lockdown album; with no concerts to play they turned to favourite songs and...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2022

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