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Review of The Hare's Corner

The Hare's Corner

Colm Mac Con lomaire

Plateau Records

Rating: ★★★

Released in his native Ireland in 2008, Cúinne An Ghiorria (The Hare's Corner) is the solo debut by Kíla co-founder...

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Review of Saturnine

Saturnine

Jackie Oates

ECC Records

Rating: ★★★

Saturnine arrived with a press release announcing that Jackie Oates has launched a range of cosmetics in the Lush stores....

Reviewed in issue October/2011

Review of Ossicles

Ossicles

Karl Seglem

Ozella

Rating: ★★★★

A musical journey connecting Africa and the Middle East to the mountains and valleys of Norway is one that few...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Por Meu Cante

Por Meu Cante

António Zambujo

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Por Meu Cante was originally released in 2004 and it’s the second of Antonio Zambujo’s albums. Although his singing only...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Sport and Play

Sport and Play

James Findlay

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This is an austere and sparse collection of ballads from the fresh¬faced young singer, guitarist and fiddler who picked up...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Concert Program

Concert Program

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Penguin Cafe

Rating: ★★★

The orchestra that was the fruit of a feverish, food-poisoned dream in the south of France in the early 1970s...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Balkan Brass Battle

Balkan Brass Battle

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Asphalt Tango

Rating: ★★★★

Any visitor to the Guča festival will have witnessed the raucous spectacle of two sweat-soaked brass bands angrily trying to...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Mechanical Monster

Mechanical Monster

Monster Ceilidh Band

Dave's Flat Records

Rating: ★★★★

With lots of funk and zing to move all butts to the floor, the Monster Ceilidh Band remind us that...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Banquet of Boxes – A Celebration of the English Melodeon

Banquet of Boxes – A Celebration of the English Melodeon

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Mrs Casey Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lots of jokes come my way because people know I like squeeze box music. Recently someone sent a cartoon showing...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Revolve

Revolve

La Cherga

Asphalt Tango Records

Rating: ★★

La Cherga are part of a new breed of Balkan music that, while staying faithful to their musical traditions, have...

Reviewed in issue Aug/Sep/2011

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