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Review of Sound Therapy

Sound Therapy

Manjul meets FX & YVO

Baco Records

Rating: ★★★★

French multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Julien Souletie has been working under the name Manjul from his own Humble Ark Studio...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2022

Review of The Castalia

The Castalia

Isla Ratcliff

Isla Ratcliff

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh based fiddler Ratcliff’s beguiling debut is an evocative blend of traditional music cultures of Cape Breton, New Brunswick and...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2022

Review of Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70

Bixiga 70

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

It was an inspirational encounter with Tony Allen that gave Bixiga 70 the idea of putting a Brazilian spin on...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2022

Review of Solo

Solo

Anna Ekborg

Kakafon Records

Rating: ★★★

Ekborg’s role in the Swedish folk scene is as soloist as well as being part of the popular ensemble Northern...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022

Review of Vinyl Box Set #5

Vinyl Box Set #5

Fela Kuti

Partisan Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Fela Kuti’s vast and sprawling catalogue has been repackaged and repurposed, anthologised and annotated countless times since his death in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2022

Review of Canciones de Isaac

Canciones de Isaac

Isaac Sasson

Olindo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Breezes, birdsong, crickets, leaf-litter, the hum of Caracas by night, and the more serene sounds of daytime walks through Pyrenean...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022

Review of Odyssey

Odyssey

Fourth Moon

Fourth Moon

Rating: ★★★

Fourth Moon was formed out of a session at Ireland’s Willie Clancy Festival in 2014 by four musicians from right...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2022

Review of Artybonito

Artybonito

Azueï

Azueï

Rating: ★★★★

The Azueï Movement is a collective of artists spanning the shared island of Hispaniola, home to Haïti and the Dominican...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2022

Review of Aboogi

Aboogi

Imarhan

Top of the World

City Slang

Rating: ★★★★★

All aboard the Touareg camel train once again for Imarhan’s third album Aboogi – and a serene, timeless trip across...

Reviewed by Nigel Willamson in issue: March/2022

Review of Hjemve: Vocal Music from Folldal

Hjemve: Vocal Music from Folldal

Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen

Heilo Records

Rating: ★★★★

How can you not fall for an opening track which begins with the words ‘Bom-bom, bom-bom, didde-lidde-lei’? It dances, carefree,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2022

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