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Review of Arriva la Banda!

Arriva la Banda!

BandAdriatica

Finisterre

Rating: ★★★★

The music of Salento’s BandAdriatica is redolent of endless voyages around the winding Adriatic Sea on a ship where different...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of La Cantiga del Fuego

La Cantiga del Fuego

Ana Alcaide

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Madrid-born Ana Alcaide went to Sweden to study as a biologist and came back to Spain to become a professional...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Discover

Discover

Carlos Nunez

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★

Bagpipes are among the least sexy, fashionable or popular instruments on the planet – they’re a notch below the harmonica,...

Reviewed in issue Apr/May/2013

Review of Faileasan (Reflections)

Faileasan (Reflections)

Joy Dunlop

Sradag Music

Rating: ★★★

Faileasan (Reflections) is the result of personal and scholarly research into Argyll's music and Gaelic cultural traditions – one that...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

Review of On Eastern Way

On Eastern Way

Boris Kovac & David Yengibarian

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★

Composer and saxophonist Boris Kovač is an intriguing figure in Serbian music. Born and based in the Vojvodina region in...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

Review of Balkan Beats SoundLab

Balkan Beats SoundLab

Robert Soko

Piranha

Rating: ★★★

You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

Review of Sailing Back to You

Sailing Back to You

Mick McAuley, Winifred Horan & Colm Ó Caoimh

McAuley, Horan, O Caoimh

Rating: ★★★

What does one make of an album by three traditional musicians of the Irish genre that features a retro French...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

Review of Mavrika

Mavrika

Mavrika

Psolista Records

Rating: ★★★★

This reimagining of Greek songs from the first half of the 20th century is successful in giving a Balkan beat...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

Review of Electric

Electric

Richard Thompson

Proper

Rating: ★★★★

Buddy Miller produced Richard Thompson's latest album in his home studio in Nashville. It shows in the sound, which swings...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

Review of Decemberwell

Decemberwell

Mike Vass

Rusty Squash Horn Records

Rating: ★★★

An ambitious challenge was the impetus for Mike Vass’ new album. He aimed to compose and record it in just...

Reviewed in issue March/2013

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