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Review of Laisvė Šaukia

Laisvė Šaukia

Saulius Petreikis

Saulės Muzika

Rating: ★★★

This latest 14-track, live recording from prolific Lithuanian multi-instrumentalist Saulius Petreikis and his guitarist brother Donatas Petreikis, came out in...

Reviewed by Fiona Mactaggart in issue: October/2021

Review of Eboni Band

Eboni Band

Eboni Band

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★

In 1981, Motown producer Art Stewart travelled to Abidjan to scope out the possibility of a series of African-American collaborations...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2021

Review of Varokaa! Hengenvaara

Varokaa! Hengenvaara

Suistamon Sähkö

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

Suistamon Sähkö exist in their own colourful world and, every so often, I’m glad to say, they let us in....

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2021

Review of Acid Folk

Acid Folk

Yonder Boys

Blue Whale Records

Rating: ★★★

Like other acid folk bands, Yonder Boys sound like they stepped back into the future. A polyglot trio based in...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2021

Review of Tree Dimensional Tunes

Tree Dimensional Tunes

Maarika & the Frocodiles

Global Music Centre

Rating: ★★★

Former Finnish ballet dancer Maarika Autio went to West Africa to study kora and the diatonic balafon, which is rarely...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: October/2021

Review of Places of Consequence

Places of Consequence

Cameron Knowler | Cameron Knowler & Eli Winter

American Dream Records

Rating: ★★★★

Knowler’s first full-length solo album offers 14 carefully considered and compelling songs that merge traditional folk with modern sensibilities. Spending his...

Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: October/2021

Review of Characters

Characters

Flo Perlin

Flo Perlin

Rating: ★★★

Flo Perlin may cite diverse musical influences, given her extensive world travel and her Iraqi and Belarusian heritage, but in...

Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: October/2021

Review of Not Leaving Quietly

Not Leaving Quietly

Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble

Birmingham City University

Rating: ★★

A track on a folk album led by a bassoon! That’s a rare pleasure. In ‘Hole in the Wall/Nabo’, the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2021

Review of Leaving None but Small Birds

Leaving None but Small Birds

The Body & BIG BRAVE

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★★

This is an exciting collaboration from two heavy rock bands exploring traditional music on an album that very much pushes...

Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake in issue: October/2021

Review of I May Never See You Again

I May Never See You Again

Saba Alizadeh

30M Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is another stupendous release from the emergent 30M Records. Kamancheh player Saba Alizadeh’s second solo album is an introspective,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2021

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