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Review of Howl

Howl

Daisy Rickman

Daisy Rickman

Rating: ★★★★

Howl means ‘Sun’ in Cornish, and this is the Kernow singer and artist’s second album, following on from 2022’s Donsya...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024

Review of Duets

Duets

Ben Nicholls

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Featuring many of the artists with whom he has worked over a 30-year career, bassist and singer Ben Nicholls parades...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024

Review of Hajda!

Hajda!

Hajda Banda

Top of the World

Karrot Kommando

Rating: ★★★★

This is the debut of a new band focussing on the traditional music of Polesia, a region of eastern Poland,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024

Review of Slåtter fra Gaupdalen IV (Tunes from the Lynx Valley IV)

Slåtter fra Gaupdalen IV (Tunes from the Lynx Valley IV)

Johanna-Adele Jüssi

Ta:lik

Rating: ★★★★

Originally from Estonia, fiddle player Jüssi has spent much of her life travelling around the Nordic countries as well as...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024

Review of Out in La La Land

Out in La La Land

Martha Spencer

Music Maker

Rating: ★★★★★

Martha Spencer is from deep in the Appalachian folk tradition. So deep that she lives on top of a lonely...

Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue:

Review of Waralungku

Waralungku

Arrkula Yinbayarra

EM Media & Events

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2013, Darwin-based Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter Shellie Morris released the album Together We Are Strong – Ngambala Wiji Li-Wunungu:...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2024

Review of Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2: Sonidero Bangers from the Discos Tropical Vaults

Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2: Sonidero Bangers from the Discos Tropical Vaults

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rocafort Records

Rating: ★★★★

One of two tremendous compilations focussed on small but esteemed labels. Cumbia Sabrosa Vol 2 consists of three 7” singles....

Reviewed by in issue: June/2024

Review of Ansonia Records Presents – Salsa Con Estilo – Dance Floor Gems from the Vaults: 1950s-1980s

Ansonia Records Presents – Salsa Con Estilo – Dance Floor Gems from the Vaults: 1950s-1980s

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ansonia Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Even better, certainly in terms of scope, is Ansonia Records Presents – Salsa Con Estilo –Dance Floor Gems from the...

Reviewed by in issue: June/2024

Review of Berlin 1964 – Live & Berlin 1964 – The Lost Studio Recordings

Berlin 1964 – Live & Berlin 1964 – The Lost Studio Recordings

Dagar Brothers

Black Truffle l

Rating: ★★★★★

A double archival release from Black Truffle, these very rare recordings feature the brothers Moinuddin (d1966) and Aminuddin Dagar (d2000),...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: June/2024

Review of Rabe

Rabe

Aynur

Top of the World

Aynur / Dreyer Gaido

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this album, Rabe, means ‘stand-up’ or ‘rise-up’ in Kurdish and Aynur Doğan has been standing up for...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2024

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