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Review of Miramar

Miramar

Júlia Colom

La Castanya

Rating: ★★★★

The traditions of few places in Europe have been as overwritten as those of the Balearic island of Mallorca. Even...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Talamanca

Talamanca

Antoine Loyer & Mégalodons malades

Le Saule

Rating: ★★★

After the release of Rommelpot in January this year, Antoine Loyer is back a mere six months later with another...

Reviewed in issue August/September/2023

Review of Plight o’ Sheep

Plight o’ Sheep

The Langan Band

The Langan Band Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's a powerful, muscular sound that characterises the new release from the intrepid Scots trio. Hard to believe it has...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of 200 Weeks Ago

200 Weeks Ago

VOŁOSI | Vołosi

VOŁOSI

Rating: ★★★★★

There's something immediately recognisable about the VOŁOSI sound. The Polish group is all strings and they’re played tightly and rhythmically...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of Dobrila & Dorian Duo Two

Dobrila & Dorian Duo Two

Dobrila & Dorian Duo

SJF Records

Rating: ★★★

Dobrila Grašeska sings traditional Macedonian songs and Dorian Jovanović provides accompaniments on oud, looping and electronics. It's a pleasant, though...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of Dream from the Deep Well

Dream from the Deep Well

Brigid Mae Power

Top of the World

Fire Records

Rating: ★★★★★

It's an ephemeral and tentatively psychedelic sound that Power delivers on the rather wonderful Dream from the Deep Well. The...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of Awakening

Awakening

Ímar

Big Mann Records

Rating: ★★★

Glasgow-based Anglo-Iranian Scot Mohsen Amini (concertina) and bandmates Tomas Callister (fiddle), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Ryan Murphy (uillean pipes, flute and...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of Archangel Hill

Archangel Hill

Shirley Collins

Domino Records

Rating: ★★★★

Close to Shirley Collins’ home in Lewes, Sussex, is Mount Caburn, a hill topped by an Iron Age fort, that...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of What to Do, How to Live?

What to Do, How to Live?

Lakiko

Lakiko Records

Rating: ★★★★

Swiss resident Lana Kostić is a cellist trained in Western Art Music, a member of the Bosnian diaspora, an experimenter...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

Review of Speak of the Devil

Speak of the Devil

Dallahan

Dallahan Music

Rating: ★★★★

Dallahan aficionados will want to know that the Edinburgh-based quartet's fourth studio album suggests something of a new beginning as...

Reviewed in issue July/2023

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