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Review of Zvony

Zvony

Adrian Myhr & Michaela Antalová

Hevhetia

Rating: ★★

This is a duo recording of Slovak and Norwegian flutes with double bass. The flutes, played by Michaela Antalová, are...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Reggae Dancer

Reggae Dancer

Eastern Arrernte Band

CAAMA Music

Rating: ★★★

There’s a long and proud tradition of Australian Aboriginal rock-reggae groups, from both remote desert regions and urban cities, that...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Tolika Mtoliki

Tolika Mtoliki

The Brother Moves On

Matsuli Music Limited

Rating: ★★★★★

A dozen years after forming as a performance art and music ensemble in Johannesburg, The Brother Moves On releases one...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Live at the Floodgate

Live at the Floodgate

Dan Walsh

Dan Walsh

Rating: ★★★★

Pulling off a live album can be tricky; the sound can be inferior to a studio record and it is...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Spell Songs II: Let the Light In

Spell Songs II: Let the Light In

Spell Songs Ensemble

Top of the World

Quercus Records/Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★★

You might just catch the diminutive cheep of the wren at the end of ‘St Kilda Wren’ – blink and...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Yn Rio

Yn Rio

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

Légère Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Welsh-Brazilian samba might seem an unlikely musical match; even less so with the addition of the BBC National Orchestra of...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Via de la Plata

Via de la Plata

Daniel García Trio

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★★

Playing an album by a Spanish pianist on ACT Music, you might immediately expect to hear some variety of flamenco...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: January/February/2022

Review of 공 空 ('Empty')

공 空 ('Empty')

Melanie Eden

Melanie Eden

Rating: ★★★

Melanie Eden is an Australian performance poet and musician who does not do things by halves. Notable for her unvarnished...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2021

Review of Live at Cooper Hall

Live at Cooper Hall

Cara Dillon

Charcoal Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Derry singer is a reliably captivating live draw considering that voice, those songs, the subtle acoustic accompaniment of husband...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2021

Review of Kin

Kin

Damien McGeehan

Damien McGeehan

Rating: ★★★

Four years after the startling experiment in looping and overdubbing of his solo debut, The Tin Fiddle, Donegal fiddler Damien...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2021

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