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Review of Wiązanka

Wiązanka

WoWaKin

Top of the World

BaBa Sound Studio

Rating: ★★★★

The opening track of Wiązanka (The Bunch) launches us straight into a wild mazurka in the spirit of a rural...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021

Review of Riddle Songs

Riddle Songs

Stef Conner

Delphian Records

Rating: ★★★

We know from poems such as Beowulf, which mentions warriors singing praise songs, and Caedmon's ‘Hymn’, a divine inspired song,...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2021

Review of Bellanöva

Bellanöva

Bellanöva

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

The Four Provinces is an area pertaining to four distinct administrative subdivisions located in four different Italian regions (Lombardy, Piedmont,...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2021

Review of In Which

In Which

The Teacups

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★

Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn met in 2010 on the Folk and Traditional Music degree course...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

Review of Guitar Duos of Kemal Belevi

Guitar Duos of Kemal Belevi

Duo Tandem

Naxos

Rating: ★★★

Kemal Belevi is a Turkish Cypriot composer and guitarist. Though his Cyprian Rhapsodies Nos 1-4, Suite Chypre and Turkish Suite,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2021

Review of Sufi Dub Brothers

Sufi Dub Brothers

Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek

Fun in the Church

Rating: ★★

Sufi Dub Brothers is a fun, yet superficial, album of Ibiza-esque beats and sitar improvisation, superimposing Pakistani/Indian classical music on...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2021

Review of Sentimento Popolare Vol 2

Sentimento Popolare Vol 2

Camilla Barbarito

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

Milanese singer and actress Camilla Barbarito developed a passion for world music early in life, touring Mali and other parts...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2021

Review of When the Sun Goes In

When the Sun Goes In

Simon Robinson

Simon Robinson

Rating: ★★★

After touring extensively for 12 years with the band Maia, Robinson has recently preferred to explore the more traditional roots...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

Review of Territoire

Territoire

Briga

Briga Music

Rating: ★★★

Among a host of other influences there are strong Balkan flavours on this release from acclaimed Canadian violinist Briga, who...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2021

Review of Jaime & Nair

Jaime & Nair

Jaime & Nair

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime Alem and his wife Nair de Cândia's 1979 touchstone ‘Passará’ remains perhaps one of the...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2021

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