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Review of Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

While her husband Béla Fleck has been busily recording with African musicians, Abigail Washburn has forged a productive collaboration with...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020

Review of Asì Seguimos Andando

Asì Seguimos Andando

Las Famatinas

Les Belles Ecouteuses

Rating: ★★★

Named after a mountain in Argentina's north-west, this impressively talented all-female trio pay homage in everything they do to that...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2020

Review of DOD

DOD

Agbeko

Agbeko

Rating: ★★

Mancunian Afrobeat: it's a long way from The Haçienda club, but why not indeed? This 11-piece outfit was named one...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020

Review of Dithis/Duo

Dithis/Duo

Joy & Andrew

Sradag Music

Rating: ★★★

Sibling duo Joy and Andrew Dunlop grew up in Connel, Argyll, in the western Highlands, where Joy immersed herself in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020

Review of Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School

Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School

Phursang Kelak Lama

Pan Records

Rating: ★★★★

Phursung Kelak's life was characterised by disruption and change. Aged 13, he joined a monastery in his native Tibet. Eight...

Reviewed by Thomas Williams in issue: June/2020

Review of Folk Music of China Vol 5: Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan

Folk Music of China Vol 5: Aboriginal Folk Songs of Taiwan

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

Most of the Austronesianlanguage songs from Taiwan featured on the latest instalment of Naxos World's Folk Music of China series...

Reviewed by Mu Qian in issue: June/2020

Review of 21

21

HILA

Underdog Records

Rating: ★★★★

HILA (Hay/High in Los Angeles) is the brainchild of Armenian cellist Artyom Manukyan and Armenian-American producer Dawatile. Their debut album...

Reviewed by Thomas Graves in issue: June/2020

Review of Lys/Mørke

Lys/Mørke

Sigurd Hole

Elvesang

Rating: ★★★★

Avant-garde bassist Sigurd Hole recorded Lys/Mørke on the island of Sørværet in the Norwegian arctic. If it was recorded anywhere...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020

Review of Mulholland & McCluskey

Mulholland & McCluskey

Mulholland & McCluskey

Mulholland & McCluskey

Rating: ★★★★

Having played together countless times over the past 20 years, Brendan Mulholland and Micky McCluskey finally commit themselves to disc...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020

Review of Banjaxed

Banjaxed

Ciarán Ryan

Ciarán Ryan Records

Rating: ★★★★

Banjaxed finds Ciarán Ryan stepping confidently out from the ranks of Edinburgh-based world-folk fusionistas Dallahan to deliver a masterclass in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2020

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