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Review of Club Coco

Club Coco

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

Compiled by Mexican DJ Coco María, this collection shows off a glorious vision for contemporary Latin American music. Coco, currently...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Hanin: Field Recordings in Syria 2008-2009

Hanin: Field Recordings in Syria 2008-2009

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★★

Compiled by Spanish musician and filmmaker Michel Gasco between 2008 and 2009, this collection of field recordings spans a period...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of I Would Not Live Always

I Would Not Live Always

John Francis Flynn

Top of the World

River Lea

Rating: ★★★★

I Would Not Live Always opens with a brief burst of burbling electronics before the traditional ballad ‘Lovely Joan’ weighs...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Càirdeas

Càirdeas

Brian Ó hEadhra & Fionnag NicChoinnich

Anam Communications

Rating: ★★★

With guitarist Brian Ó hEadhra hailing from Newfoundland (via Dublin) and NicChoinnich from Scotland’s Isle of Lewis, the duo’s third...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Festa!

Festa!

Andrew Finn Magill

Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★

North Carolinian Andrew Finn Magill is an incredibly polished and virtuosic violinist who has turned his bow to many genres...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Tall Tales

Tall Tales

Ringlefinch

Folkroom Records

Rating: ★★★★

When there are seven instrumentalists on stage, and a simmering energy bubbling beneath their fingers, it must be difficult for...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of OberTany

OberTany

Zawierucha

Top of the World

Fundacja Czas Tradycji

Rating: ★★★★★

Zawierucha are a new Polish folk band whose name translates as ‘Turmoil/Storm’. With two violins, double bass and a drum...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Open the Gate of Zion

Open the Gate of Zion

The Ethiopian

Jamaican Art Records

Rating: ★★★★

After recording solo ska singles at Studio One, Leonard Dillon formed The Ethiopians harmony trio in the rock steady era...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Le Bonhomme Sept Heures: The Bonesetter

Le Bonhomme Sept Heures: The Bonesetter

Grosse Isle

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★★

Grosse Isle, the island in the St Lawrence River in Québec, was famously an immigration/quarantine depot for Irish immigrants escaping...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Un Canto por México Vol 2

Un Canto por México Vol 2

Natalia Lafourcade

Top of the World

Sony Mexico

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up to last year’s acclaimed Un Canto por México, Vol 1 (a Top of the World in November 2020,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

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