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Review of Folk for Little Folk Vol 1

Folk for Little Folk Vol 1

Gordie ‘Crazylegs’ MacKeeman

Gordie MacKeeman

Rating: ★★★

Although listed as ‘for little folk,’ Canadian fiddler Gordie ‘Crazylegs’ MacKeeman's new album has plenty to offer adults who appreciate...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2021

Review of Cameroon Garage Funk

Cameroon Garage Funk

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

This is another fine compilation from Analog Africa, amassing 16 tracks recorded in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé during the 1970s. All...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2021

Review of Suba

Suba

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita

Top of the World

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita's debut album as a duo, Transparent Water, came out in 2017 and was a transporting...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021

Review of At Pioneer Works

At Pioneer Works

Les Filles de Illighadad

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★★

Unique among the thriving Touareg guitar band scene, three of the four members of Les Filles de Illighadad are women...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021

Review of Soleil

Soleil

AMAMI

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

AMAMI are a Geneva-based three-piece who strive to combine dancehall, Afro pop and no wave. Soleil boasts so much; there...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021

Review of Temple of the New Sun

Temple of the New Sun

Xochimoki

Phantom Limb

Rating: ★★

This is a collection of songs originally released on cassette in the 80s; it's intriguing trying to imagine what the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2021

Review of Ritual

Ritual

Nytt Land

Napalm Records

Rating: ★★

Describing their music as shamanic dark folk, Nytt Land are a Siberian duo – Natasha ‘Baba Yaga’ Pakhalenko and Anatoly...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2021

Review of Headonix

Headonix

KingL Man

Ear Conditioning

Rating: ★★★★

If you knew and loved Fun-Da-Mental, the so-called ‘Asian Public Enemy’, the agit-popping global prog-punk collective that cut a swathe...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2021

Review of Palabras Urgentes

Palabras Urgentes

Susana Baca

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

At 77 years old, Baca has never sounded better; her voice has lost none of its dynamism and the careful...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2021

Review of Aire!

Aire!

Caamaño & Ameixeiras

Microscopi

Rating: ★★

Galicia in north-western Spain is a world apart, comparable perhaps to Dingle in Ireland. Folk music traditions are passed down...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2021

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