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Review of Mariza Canta Amalia

Mariza Canta Amalia

Mariza

Top of the World

Warner Portugal

Rating: ★★★★★

In her salad days as the young pretender, Mariza was as embarrassed as she was flattered by the comparison with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021

Review of Silver Sanctuary

Silver Sanctuary

Zedashe Ensemble

Electiic Cowbell Records

Rating: ★★★★

Zedashe are an accomplished polyphonic choir from Georgia, based in the fortress city of Sighnaghi in the wine-growing area of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: January/2021

Review of LateNightTales

LateNightTales

Khruangbin

Late Night Tales

Rating: ★★★

Back in 2013, the hugely popular DJ, Bonobo, included a song from a then unknown Houston psych-funk group on his...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: January/2021

Review of Trench Songs

Trench Songs

The Fugitives

Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★

You might think an album of trench songs, featuring lyrics written by soldiers in World War I, would make for...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: January/2021

Review of Words of a Fiddler’s Daughter: Rúnian

Words of a Fiddler’s Daughter: Rúnian

The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Jessie Summerhayes

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone who has spent time on Lindisfarne Island off Britain’s Northumbrian coast in the wintertime knows just how exposed it...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2021

Review of Spectres

Spectres

Tom Moore & Archie Moss

Slow Worm Records

Rating: ★★★

This instrumental folk duo are young musicians with a long pedigree. Immersed in the English folk scenesince birth, they are...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2021

Review of Rastilho

Rastilho

Kiko Dinucci

Top of the World

Mais Um

Rating: ★★★★

One aspect of 60s and 70s Brazilian music that is often over-looked is the fact that it made acoustic instruments...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/2021

Review of Oriental Music

Oriental Music

Omar El Shariyi (Ammar El Sherei)

We Want Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

This vinyl-only remaster of the now cult classic album originally released by Cairene label Soutelphan back in 1976 celebrates two...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: January/2021

Review of Home Recordings

Home Recordings

Martin Simpson

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Simpson was scheduled to deliver a live album this year. Instead, he went home, found a room, pressed record, and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021

Review of Café Türk

Café Türk

Café Türk

Zel Zele

Rating: ★★★★

This LP is one of the most welcome releases of the year, and the story behind it is a heart-warming...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/2021

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