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Review of Songs from the River Wind

Songs from the River Wind

Eliza Gilkyson

Howlin’ Dog Records

Rating: ★★★

Singer-songwriter and activist Eliza Gilkyson follows up her politically charged 2020 release titled, poignantly enough, 2020, with a collection of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2022

Review of Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Heal & Harrow

Shadowside Records

Rating: ★★★★

At a time when there is a movement afoot to pardon the 4,000 or so women who found themselves at...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2022

Review of Zavrzlama

Zavrzlama

Divanhana

Top of the World

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★★

Divanhana are a fine Bosnian sevdah band that have been in existence for more than a decade. Well-known at home...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2022

Review of Pilgrim Souls

Pilgrim Souls

Megan Henderson

Megan Henderson

Rating: ★★★

The fiddler, singer and step-dancer with popular Scottish band Breabach, and a member of a prominent traditional music family from...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2022

Review of Rişar & Kupa 4

Rişar & Kupa 4

Rişar & Kupa 4

Ironhand Records

Rating: ★★★

These songs stem from a perilous time in Turkish history when ethnic strife between Turks, Greeks and Armenians was beginning...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: April/2022

Review of Buganda Royal Music Revival

Buganda Royal Music Revival

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nyege Nyege Tapes

Rating: ★★★

The Kingdom of Buganda was founded in the 14th century and is located in the central part of what is...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2022

Review of Livre

Livre

Mário Pacheco

Sony Portugal

Rating: ★★★

A seminal figure in Portuguese music, the guitarist Mário Pacheco for many years ran the Clube de Fado in Lisbon...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of Flash de Mémoire

Flash de Mémoire

Mélisande [électrotrad]

Les Disques Passeport

Rating: ★★★

The concept of marrying traditional songs with heavy electronic dance music is a curious one, conjuring notions of the Pet...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2022

Review of Great Tunes from the World Music Charts Europe

Great Tunes from the World Music Charts Europe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

CPT

Rating: ★★★

The World Music Charts Europe was founded 30 years ago by the European Broadcasting Union and has been compiled every...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of Re/Semblance: Saath-Saath

Re/Semblance: Saath-Saath

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ansonica Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Conceived and realised between 2016-2019, and necessitating numerous trips between Bangalore, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Wuhan,...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: April/2022

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