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Review of Battlefield Dance Floor

Battlefield Dance Floor

Show of Hands

Proper Music

Rating: ★★★

This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019

Review of Kosher Style

Kosher Style

Michael Winograd

Oupeople

Rating: ★★★★

This is a splendid celebration of brash, Brooklyn, big-band klezmer revelling in the retro flavour of the style. Many of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2019

Review of Lummen

Lummen

Sirus

Kråktjärn

Rating: ★★★★

An album of depth and soul, this is an impressive debut for Sirus. There are strong influences from Scandinavia (the...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: November/2019

Review of The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music

The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music

Just Play Peru

Just Play Peru

Rating: ★★★

Working this time in Lima, Peru, this album from the Just Play project – accompanied by a webisode for each...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: November/2019

Review of The Exorcism of a Spinster

The Exorcism of a Spinster

Hope Masike

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the confident debut solo album by this Zimbabwean mbira (thumb piano) player and singer, who may be familiar...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: November/2019

Review of Benedicte Maurseth

Benedicte Maurseth

Benedicte Maurseth

heilo

Rating: ★★★

Benedicte Maurseth is a pre-eminent player of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. Unlike the conventional violin, a Hardanger fiddle has four...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2019

Review of Ninguém Vai Me Segurar

Ninguém Vai Me Segurar

Ana Mazzotti

Far Out

Rating: ★★★

Cut down by terminal illness in the prime of her life, Brazilian singer-singwriter Ana Mazzotti – like her contemporary Rosinha...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: November/2019

Review of Awaken

Awaken

The Schmoozenbergs

Ear Trumpet Music

Rating: ★★

Their name is certainly as playful as the music: a blend of distinctly old-school Parisian swing and Gypsy jazz with...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2019

Review of Tibet: Ritual Traditions of the Bonpos

Tibet: Ritual Traditions of the Bonpos

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★

Bon is considered as the collection of pre-Buddhist beliefs of the Tibetans. The Bonpos trace the source of their teachings...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: November/2019

Review of The Road to Peterloo

The Road to Peterloo

Coe, Peters & Smyth

Backshift Music

Rating: ★★★

Two centuries ago, mounted and armed troopers viciously waded into thousands of men, women and children who were gathered peacefully...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2019

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