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Review of AnásanA

AnásanA

Maroulita de Kol

Maroulita de Kol

Rating: ★★★

While this is the first solo album from the Greek pianist, singer and composer, it’s certainly not her recording debut....

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: July/2022

Review of CAOIN

CAOIN

Ceara Conway

Ceara Conway

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album from one of Ireland’s most intriguing emerging talents, visual artist and vocalist Ceara Conway, CAOIN (Cry), clothes...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2022

Review of Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron

Genius Loci 2: The Valley of Iron

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

TCR

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second part of the Genius Loci project from the prolific instrumental duo of fiddler Adam Summerhayes and...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2022

Review of Pieds Nus

Pieds Nus

Soadan

Tinker Label/Foudrage/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★

Grégory Audrain, Jean-Marie Lemasson and Armel Goupil are the three multi-instrumentalists that make up French fusion group Soadan. After spending...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: July/2022

Review of Don’t Give Up

Don’t Give Up

Jason Tamba

Playing for Change

Rating: ★★★

Born in Kinshasa, Jason Tamba, who began playing guitar at the age of seven on a homemade instrument, went on...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2022

Review of Oras Dezaoradas

Oras Dezaoradas

Lily Henley

Top of the World

Lior Éditions

Rating: ★★★★

Lily Henley is a storyteller. Here she weaves traditional Sephardic Jewish ballads (alongside three originals) into her own melodic compositions,...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: July/2022

Review of For the Love of Tabla

For the Love of Tabla

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Rating: ★★★

North India’s favourite percussion instrument, the tabla, has always been relegated to being an accompaniment and it was the subservient,...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2022

Review of Dan Masks

Dan Masks

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★

Back in 1984, the renowned ethnomusicologist Hugo Zemp noted the tension he felt between his scientific analysis ‘and the pleasure...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2022

Review of Bahia Com H

Bahia Com H

Maria de Fátima

Altercat

Rating: ★★★

Perhaps because she worked alongside the likes of Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento – among other Brazilian greats –...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022

Review of Tall Ships and Tavern Tales

Tall Ships and Tavern Tales

The Exmouth Shanty Men

WildGoose Studios

Rating: ★★★

This double album of songs from their two-part stage show of the same name is described by Devon’s self-styled ‘original...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2022

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