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Review of Calico Soul

Calico Soul

Farafi

Piranha

Rating: ★★★

The magic of like minds, especially musical ones, is that they often seem to meet serendipitously, and nowhere more so...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020

Review of Houdoud

Houdoud

Bab El West

Top of the World

Big Banana Music

Rating: ★★★★

Houdoud, meaning ‘Frontier’, is the second album from the Paris-based ensemble Bab El West, and the theme of exploring borders...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2020

Review of Mazes

Mazes

Harri Endersby

Ivy Crown Records

Rating: ★★★★

On her second album, Mazes, Harri Endersby subtly blurs the line between traditional and contemporary folk music, with added birdsong...

Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: April/2020

Review of Galactic Gala

Galactic Gala

Silla + Rise

Rise Ashen Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mixing century-old traditional vocals with the latest sonic technology has always been an attractive yet dangerous musical venture. More often...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2020

Review of Cladaich Loch Iù

Cladaich Loch Iù

Steven MacÌomhair

Steven MacÌomhair

Rating: ★★

Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2020

Review of Hurry the Jug

Hurry the Jug

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan & Shane McGowan

Barry Folan & McGowan

Rating: ★★★★

Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan's long comradeship in countless live sessions pays crisp, spryly accented dividends aplenty in...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2020

Review of Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped

Igrali se Konji Vrani: Black Horses Romped

Svetlana Spajić Group

Multimedia Music

Rating: ★★★★

The Serbian group of female singers led by Svetlana Spajić is probably the best known and undoubtedly the most prolific...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: April/2020

Review of In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God

In Search of the Lost City of the Monkey God

The Sorcerers

ATA Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Sorcerers' second album presents itself as the ‘soundtrack to the motion picture,’ but don't be looking for it on...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

Review of Sombras

Sombras

OKAN

Lulaworld Records

Rating: ★★★

The Afro-Cuban roots group OKAN present their first full-length release of jazz-influenced music paying tribute to the sonic traditions of...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2020

Review of Mazaher

Mazaher

Mazaher

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

Zar is a ceremony found in various forms across north-east Africa and beyond that involves communicating with and pacifying spirits...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2020

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