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Review of The Speech Project

The Speech Project

Gerry Driver

One Fine Day

Rating: ★★★★

That a mundane bit of tidying up can inspire a work of the origin¬ality and quality of The Speech Project...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Pangea

Pangea

Chet Nuneta

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★★

Pangea is the hypothetical super¬continent, a land mass without borders, whose break-up gave us the continents we know today. Chet...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Gi Mi Pols!

Gi Mi Pols!

Mjelva/Tamnes

Talik Records

Rating: ★★★

Having each been raised in distinct traditions within the Røros region of central Norway, Ole Jorgen Tamnes in the Brekken...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of The Fragile

The Fragile

O’Hooley & Tidow

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

O’Hooley & Tidow were mightily impress¬ive at the Nowt So Queer as Folk concert at Cecil Sharp House, the home...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Tiritando

Tiritando

Antonio Gonzalez El Pescailla

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Antonio Gonzalez Batista helped pioneer the fusion of flamenco and Latin rumba rhythms that has had such an enduring impact...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Pintura

Pintura

1982

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Nils Økland, Sigbjorn Apeland and Øyvind Skarbø are outstanding musicians with a sense of adventure – I once saw them...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Kaleidophonica

Kaleidophonica

Spiro

Top of the World

Real World

Rating: ★★★★★

There comes a point when every serious folk musician has to ask what their music's for. They are not the...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of 16 Miles

16 Miles

Jaywalkers

Jaywalkers

Rating: ★★★

Jaywalkers are the fresh-faced duo of Jay Bradberry (vocals, fiddle and guitar) and Michael Giverin (mandolin and guitar). As the...

Reviewed in issue March/2012

Review of Kertünk Alatt

Kertünk Alatt

Besh o Drom

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hungarian band Besh o Drom have been together now in one form or another for over a decade, and in...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012

Review of The Old Songs

The Old Songs

Damien Barber & Mike Wilson

Demon Barber Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

Damien Barber is the singer, concertina and guitar-player and ambitious imagin¬ation driving the Demon Barbers who, rather than concerts, present...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2012

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