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Review of Gordan

Gordan

Gordan

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The members of Gordan are Serbian singer Svetlana Spajić, Austrian percussionist Andi Stecher and German bassist and electronics specialist Guido...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2024

Review of Birds

Birds

Vedan Kolod

CPL-Music

Rating: ★★★★

A strange, compelling concept album from a family folk trio from Siberia who are deservedly well-known across Russia. Vedan Kolod...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2024

Review of Lúireach

Lúireach

Landless

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Landless are a female vocal quartet – Ruth Clinton, Sinéad Lynch, Méabh Meir, Lily Power – newly into their second...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2024

Review of Tropikantele

Tropikantele

Ruttusound

Eclipse Music

Rating: ★★★

Chilling with a piña colada after a sauna? That might be the vibe as Finland’s national instrument, the kantele, fuses...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2024

Review of Once We Had a Home

Once We Had a Home

Rohingya Refugees

Toy Gun Murder

Rating: ★★★

The Rohingya people are among the most persecuted on the planet. In 1982, they were driven from their ancestral homes...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: July/2024

Review of Withershins

Withershins

Jamie Dickson

Jamie Dickson

Rating: ★★★★

Withershins is the debut solo album from Glastonbury-based guitarist Jamie Dickson. A homage to British folk guitar legends such as...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: July/2024

Review of Earthen

Earthen

Sam Anning

Earshift Music

Rating: ★★★★

Anning is an Australian bassist-composer who studied in New York, before performing alongside such legendary jazz players as saxophonist Joe...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2024

Review of And Even the Sheep Shall Dance / A Little Bit Slanted (with Molly Donnery) / Tales of Colonsay (with Jessie Summerhayes)

And Even the Sheep Shall Dance / A Little Bit Slanted (with Molly Donnery) / Tales of Colonsay (with Jessie Summerhayes)

The Ciderhouse Rebellion

Under the Eaves Records

Rating: ★★★

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The Ciderhouse Rebellion must be the most prolific outfit in folk...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2024

Review of New Regency Orchestra

New Regency Orchestra

New Regency Orchestra

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Brainchild of Lex Blondin, Church of Sound and Total Refreshment Centre co-founder, New Regency Orchestra is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024

Review of Live in Kyoto

Live in Kyoto

Lúnasa

Lúnasa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Serving up ten tracks of previously unrecorded material captured in situ before an audience, Live in Kyoto can’t be faulted...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2024

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