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Review of Thanks for Listening

Thanks for Listening

Chris Thile

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★

Fans of the long-running weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion may already be familiar with some of these songs:...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: April/2018

Review of Summertime

Summertime

Les Bottines Artistiques

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★★

Les Bottines Artistiques (The Artistic Boots) are a young instrumental duo with faces as youthful as their music sounds. As...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018

Review of Fitxadu

Fitxadu

Sara Tavares

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★

It has been quite a while since we last heard of Sara Tavares. Due to health problems, the Portuguese singer...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2018

Review of Farewell, Alligator Man: A Tribute to the Music of Jimmy C Newman

Farewell, Alligator Man: A Tribute to the Music of Jimmy C Newman

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jimmy C Newman died aged 84 in 2014 having, across his long life, helped popularise Cajun music with country music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018

Review of Chewing the Fat

Chewing the Fat

James Patrick Gavin

Sleight of Hand Records

Rating: ★★★

There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018

Review of Don’t Ask Silly Questions

Don’t Ask Silly Questions

Katsha’nes

Katsha’nes

Rating: ★★★★

Don’t Ask Silly Questions is a remarkable compilation of popular Yiddish songs that were heard in London's East End in...

Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: April/2018

Review of Young Night Thought

Young Night Thought

Kirsty Law

Toun Records

Rating: ★★★

Kirsty Law is a singer-songwriter from the Scottish Borders who has a Folk and Traditional Music degree from Newcastle University....

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018

Review of Foxglove & Fuschia

Foxglove & Fuschia

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Rating: ★★★★

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh's first solo album in five years sees the former Danú frontwoman returning to her West Kerry roots...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2018

Review of Nazar

Nazar

Turkwaz

Top of the World

Turkwaz

Rating: ★★★★★

I’ve been a fan of Canadian singer Brenna MacCrimmon for nearly two decades; back when she was a resident of...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2018

Review of Language of the Heart

Language of the Heart

Santiago Quartet with Julian Rowlands

Arrastre Records

Rating: ★★★

Who exactly is playing here – and playing what – is a challenge to explain. The Santiago Quartet are UK-based...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018

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