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Review of New Luk Tung

New Luk Tung

Juu & G Jee

em records

Rating: ★★

This album is the latest Thai release from Japan's EM Records and marks a departure from previous reissues of Thai...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: December/2019

Review of Imrich

Imrich

Calum Martin

Leum Records

Rating: ★★★

In 1979 Calum Martin released his first studio album. Fort years later, with the release of Imrich, Martin continues to...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: December/2019

Review of Arenig

Arenig

Gwilym Bowen Rhys

Erwydd Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Snowdonia, the young singer, song collector and instrumentalist Gwilym Bowen Rhys was a member of rock band Y...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019

Review of Rhododendron

Rhododendron

Topette!!

Frenchkiss Records

Rating: ★★★★

Topette!! are an Anglo-French dance band of great verve. It would be a curmudgeon of great resolve who could resist...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2019

Review of Hetkessä

Hetkessä

Teija Niku

Ääniä Records

Rating: ★★★★

Finland is a country of many outstanding accordionists and Teija Niku is one of the newer figures on the scene....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2019

Review of No Way to Go

No Way to Go

Ben Molatzi

Cree Records

Rating: ★★★★

Many a record containing messages of hope and unit was suppressed due to racist censorship during the South African apartheid...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: December/2019

Review of Live at Zion

Live at Zion

3hattrio

Okehdokee Records

Rating: ★★★

Over the course of now five albums, 3hattrio have carved out a special niche as sonic interpreters of a particular...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2019

Review of Karma

Karma

Black String

Top of the World

ACT Music

Rating: ★★★★

After Jambinai, Black String are the best known of the intriguing new batch of experimental folk bands from South Korea....

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2019

Review of Ein Etter Mor

Ein Etter Mor

Raabygg

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★★

Raabygg are an adventurous trio of musicians who explore the folk music of southern Norway and, in particular, some of...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: December/2019

Review of Orinoco

Orinoco

Cimarrón

Top of the World

Cimarrón Music

Rating: ★★★★

Cimarrón are the most celebrated exponents of joropo, the music of the vast flatlands around the Orinoco River that stretch...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2019

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