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Review of El Hal/The Feeling

El Hal/The Feeling

Electric Jalaba

Top of the World

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

El Hal/The Feeling is the first album in five years from the Anglo-Moroccan septet, led by the gimbri and voice...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2021

Review of Working River: Songs and Music of the Thames

Working River: Songs and Music of the Thames

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Folktree Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This collection of 21 songs celebrating the lives of working people on the Thames is backed by the General Federation...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2021

Review of Kabul Fire 2

Kabul Fire 2

Farhot

Kabul Fire Records

Rating: ★★★★

The first iteration of Kabul Fire offered a bold journey through producer Farhot's musical influences, inspirations and a sense of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2021

Review of Nova Era

Nova Era

Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra (BGKO)

Satélite K

Rating: ★★★

The quality of musicianship on this latest offering from the extraordinary Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra is never in doubt; the...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2021

Review of Kologo

Kologo

Alostmen

Top of the World

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Stevo Atambire is already a big deal in Ghana, a streetboy-turned-pop star whose local releases are full of synths and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2021

Review of Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

Oka Vanga

Crazy Bird Records

Rating: ★★★★

The third album from this folk-Americana duo is for the most part a welcome remedy during challenging times, being a...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: April/2021

Review of Dawn of Paradise

Dawn of Paradise

Anupam Shobhakar & Anindo Chatterjee

Worlds Within Worlds

Rating: ★★★★

Anupam Shobhakar is a New York-based Indian classical musician who plays sarod (an unfretted lute with a deeper tone than...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: April/2021

Review of Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

Making Tracks: 2019 Live Tour

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Making Tracks

Rating: ★★★★★

In rural Powys in 2019, Making Tracks gathered eight of the most exciting young roots musicians from across Europe and...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2021

Review of On the Rock

On the Rock

Ofra Harnoy

Analekta

Rating: ★★★★

On the Rock takes 14 beloved songs, jigs and reels from Newfoundland and sends them gently spinning in a new...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2021

Review of Orla

Orla

Caravela

None More Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based Afro-Brazilian sextet Caravela won plaudits for their eponymous 2017 EP, which showcased an often soothing, sometimes gritty blend of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2021

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