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Review of Po Śladach

Po Śladach

Janusz Prusinowski Kompania

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The Janusz Prusinowski Kompania (formerly Trio) are the leaders of the Polish traditional revival. The title of this album, meaning...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2019

Review of Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia

Where Rio de Janeiro Meets Bahia

Mario Bakuna & Edmundo Carneiro

Records DK

Rating: ★★★★

This is a lovingly constructed collection of compositions designed to cross the boundary between music and anthropology, to create a...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: May/2019

Review of The YoYouMeTú Trilogy: Volume 3

The YoYouMeTú Trilogy: Volume 3

Zemog El Gallo Bueno

Zemog El Gallo Bueno

Rating: ★★★

On the final instalment of The YoYouMeTú Trilogy, Peruvian-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Abraham Gomez-Delgado continues the DIY sophistication that so surprised...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2019

Review of The Road to Horn Fair

The Road to Horn Fair

Joshua Burnell

Misted Valley Records

Rating: ★★★★

An attractively packaged release from a hard-working band from York, this is the third album released under the name of...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2019

Review of El Habitante de la Tarde Roja

El Habitante de la Tarde Roja

Juanito Makandé

Satelite K

Rating: ★★

If you don't know what tarde roja means, don't despair. The thick little booklet that comes with this release contains...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of A Lifetime of Happiness

A Lifetime of Happiness

Daoirí Farrell

Daoirí Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Worthy successor of a folk singing tradition rooted in Ireland, following in the footsteps of no less than Paul Brady...

Reviewed by Anne G-E in issue: May/2019

Review of De Mar y Río

De Mar y Río

Canalón de Timbiquí

Llorona Records

Rating: ★★★★

How rough and ready do you want your roots music? From a small town on the Pacific coast of Colombia...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of Zapateo Suite

Zapateo Suite

Joel Hierrezuelo

Continuo Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Since settling in Paris in 1997, this Cuban expatriate has played with the likes of Gilles Peterson and Havana Cultura,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2019

Review of Strands

Strands

Tannara

Braw Sailin'' Records

Rating: ★★★★

Marking their second album Tannara, comprising Robbie Greig on fiddle, Owen Sinclair on guitar, Joseph Peach on accordion and Becca Skeoch on...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2019

Review of As the Crow Flies

As the Crow Flies

Teilhard Frost

Sepiaphone Records

Rating: ★★★

The old-time music trio known as Sheesham & Lotus & ‘Son are well known for their dusty and antiquated sound,...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: May/2019

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