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Review of Medicine Man Orchestra

Medicine Man Orchestra

Medicine Man Orchestra

Aribo Productions

Rating: ★★★

An unlikely sonic collision, Medicine Man Orchestra brings together the divergent universes of electronic sound design (Alissa Syllah), West African...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2021

Review of Simply Whistle

Simply Whistle

Pat Walsh

Bunowen Music

Rating: ★★★★

Manchester-based tin whistle player Pat Walsh is considered one of the best in the game and this new set of...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: March/2021

Review of Bonfrost

Bonfrost

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Top of the World

The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Rating: ★★★★

When they got together in 2009 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc were something of a curiosity: three outstanding string players from...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2021

Review of Back to Soweto

Back to Soweto

Lucas Nwananga & His Band

Umsakazo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Umsakazo Records is a UK-based label making a mark with lovingly reissued vintage township jive and mbaqanga from the likes...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: March/2021

Review of Horisonten

Horisonten

Fågel Roc

PBP Records

Rating: ★★

Although Fågel Roc are a Stockholm group and often sing in Swedish, their original songs incorporate elements of varied global...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2021

Review of Dusk Notes

Dusk Notes

Supriya Nagarajan & Duncan Chapman

Supriya Nagarajan

Rating: ★★★

Drawing upon synaesthesia and dusk ragas, Dusk Notes is Mumbai-born Nagarajan's debut album made in collaboration with sound artist Duncan...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: March/2021

Review of Hidden Soul of the Fjords

Hidden Soul of the Fjords

Heidi Torsvik & Lazerus Winter

NXN Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Heidi Torsvik and Lazerus Winter's Hidden Soul of the Fjords invites you to take a Nordic journey of discovery and...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: March/2021

Review of About Towers

About Towers

WÖR

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

‘New energy for old Belgian music' is the ringing slogan adopted by the five musicians of WÖR. Their mission to...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

Review of Songs Doc Didn't Sing

Songs Doc Didn't Sing

Doc & Merle Watson

FLi Records

Rating: ★★★★

Arthel ‘Doc’ Watson, the legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter from Deep Gap, North Carolina, possessed a uniquely compelling vocal instrument. Smoky...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021

Review of Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin

Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin

Les Mamans du Congo & RRobin

Top of the World

Jarring Effects

Rating: ★★★★★

Blending any sort of traditional music with electronic effects is always a risk. Meanings may be lost, or rhythms diluted....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021

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