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Review of Pandemic Songs

Pandemic Songs

Robb Johnson

Irregular Records

Rating: ★★

Johnson is an English singersongwriter who wears his heart on his sleeve and always fights the good fight. His forefathers...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2020

Review of Tangle of Souls

Tangle of Souls

Scott Cook

Scott Cook

Rating: ★★★

Tangle of Souls is the seventh full-length album by American-born, Edmonton, Alberta-based, globe-trotting troubadour Scott Cook. By full-length, we’re talking...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020

Review of El Canto del Viento

El Canto del Viento

Amando Risueño

Nuevo Mundo

Rating: ★★★

In 1965, the celebrated Argentinian folk artist Atahualpa Yupanqui published El Canto del Viento, a collection of proems that touched...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: December/2020

Review of Nesrine

Nesrine

Nesrine

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

Once again, the musical alchemy of versatile singer and cellist Nesrine Belmokh enchants us. Former front woman of the NES...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: December/2020

Review of Solace

Solace

Alam Khan

Worlds Within Worlds Records

Rating: ★★★

Alam Khan is inevitably introduced as the son of the legendary sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, but on the evidence...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2020

Review of Tempo

Tempo

Rodrigo Costa Félix

Top of the World

Fado World

Rating: ★★★★

It’s eight years since the release of Costa Félix’s last disc. Admittedly, his previous album, Fados de Amor, was a...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2020

Review of Secrets of Navigation

Secrets of Navigation

Seven Crows

Teahouse Records

Rating: ★★★

The Los Angelesbased violinist Chris Murphy has self-released a prolific raft of albums under his own name on his Teahouse...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2020

Review of Murder, and the Birds

Murder, and the Birds

David A Jaycock

Triassic Tusk Records

Rating: ★★★

David A Jaycock has previously collaborated with Marry Waterson and James Yorkston. This album is a dark, eccentric exploration of...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2020

Review of Tiempos Buenos

Tiempos Buenos

Grupo Rebolú

Grupo Rebolú

Rating: ★★★★

Grupo Rebolú are the best AfroColombian ensemble working out of New York City, and arguably the best of their kind...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: December/2020

Review of Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?

Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?

Nickel Creek

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

When Nickel Creek formed in 1989, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile were not yet 13 years old....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020

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