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Review of Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

Archie Roach

Bloodlines/Mushroom

Rating: ★★★★

Widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most celebrated indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach’s long career is slowly drawing to a close....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020

Review of Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!

Brazil: Samba, Bossa and Beyond!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Putumayo World Music

Rating: ★★

There is no shortage of Brazilian music compilations out there. So when you put a new one on the market,...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: December/2020

Review of As Long as Songbirds Sing

As Long as Songbirds Sing

Kitchman/Schmidt

Kitchman/Schmidt

Rating: ★★

Since meeting, literally on stage, at a late-night jam session in London’s West End, jazz and folk guitarist James Kitchman...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2020

Review of Songbooks_Vol_1

Songbooks_Vol_1

Ligeti Quartet

Nonclassical

Rating: ★★★★

The Ligeti Quartet perform a series of pieces by British composer Christian Mason, inspired by two very different traditions of...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2020

Review of Hearth

Hearth

Mairearad Green

Buie Records

Rating: ★★★★

Multi­instrumentalist Mairearad Green’s latest album is inspired by the women and landscapes of Coigach, a peninsula in Wester Ross in...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: November/2020

Review of Çay Vakti

Çay Vakti

Yair Dalal | Project Suzy

Primary Music

Rating: ★★★

This charming release features two of Israel’s most highly regarded musicians collaborating to showcase songs from the early years of...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: November/2020

Review of Clap & Applause

Clap & Applause

Coreyah

Plankton Music

Rating: ★★★★

From K-drama on Netflix to K-beauty in Boots, South Korea has been on a remarkable rise to prominence in the...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020

Review of If You See a Rook on Its Own, It’s a Crow

If You See a Rook on Its Own, It’s a Crow

Elle Osborne

Elle Osborne

Rating: ★★★★

Lincolnshire-born singer and fiddle player Elle Osborne first hit the folk scene with her 2000 debut Testimony. This was followed...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of 3NE

3NE

Niqolah Seeva

Vlad

Rating: ★

Niqolah Seeva seeks to push established boundaries and challenge our preconceptions; his first album presents itself as the clarion call...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: November/2020

Review of The Wilderness Yet

The Wilderness Yet

The Wilderness Yet

Scribe Records

Rating: ★★★

Taking their name from a line in Gerard Manley Hopkins’ nature poem ‘Inversnaid’, this Sheffield-based trio boast the vocals of...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2020

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