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Review of Supertraditionellt Material

Supertraditionellt Material

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album is a breaking open of the treasure chest of the Caprice Records archive, curated by Swedish folk musicians...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020

Review of Detached

Detached

Ies Muller & David Munnelly

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★★

For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020

Review of Classic Recordings 1929-1949

Classic Recordings 1929-1949

Tau Moe

Grass Skirt

Rating: ★★★★

While several early Hawaiian steel guitar players have had their recordings reissued over the years, until recently one important pioneer...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2020

Review of Curiche

Curiche

Newen Afrobeat

Newen Afrobeat

Rating: ★★★

In the past ten years Afrobeat has spread across Latin America, new disciples discovering the genre through the internet and...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2020

Review of Pandiyé

Pandiyé

Maya Kamaty

Vlad Productions

Rating: ★★

The daughter of the lead singer of the highly revered and innovative band Ziskakan, vocalist Maya Kamaty put forward her...

Reviewed by Tim Clarke-Romain in issue: April/2020

Review of Rearrange My Heart

Rearrange My Heart

Che Apalache

Top of the World

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Little wonder that the celebrated American roots banjo player Béla Fleck was so taken with this pan-American quartet that he...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020

Review of Crossing Roots

Crossing Roots

Ralf Siedhoff & Manuel Delgado meet the Karnataka College of Percussion

Farao Classics

Rating: ★★★★

Nineteen years ago, Spanish flamenco guitarist Manuel Delgado and German guitarist Ralf Siedhoff teamed up with South Indian Karnatic musicians...

Reviewed by James Roriston 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 Everyone Listen Close: Wanp-Wanp Jangl Kap

Everyone Listen Close: Wanp-Wanp Jangl Kap

The Yandong Grand Singers

Pan Records

Rating: ★★★

The 12th instalment of the series Anthology of Music in China takes us on a journey into the unique polyphonic...

Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: April/2020

Review of Detached

Detached

Ies Muller & David Munnelly

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★★

For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020

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