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Review of Take Care, Take Cover

Take Care, Take Cover

The Mae Trio

The Mae Trio

Rating: ★★★★

Building on the promise of their fine 2014 debut album, Housewarming, and 2015's EP September, Melbourne's Mae Triocontinue to impress...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2017

Review of Presents… Kingsize Blackfoot

Presents… Kingsize Blackfoot

Jinder

Din of Ecstasy

Rating: ★★★

Jinder is one Phil Dewhurst, a West Country based musician who is very tall and has Blackfoot Sioux bloodlines in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017

Review of Dedication

Dedication

DAM

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★

Palestine's first ever hip-hop group, DAM (meaning ‘It Lasted’ in Arabic) has finally reached Western shores with two of their...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: October/2017

Review of Acoustic Classics II

Acoustic Classics II

Richard Thompson

Beeswing Records

Rating: ★★★★

In a double-album format, Richard Thompson is intending to release a companion piece to this album titled Acoustic Rarities, which...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: October/2017

Review of When the Time Comes

When the Time Comes

Barika

Barika

Rating: ★★★

Kamalengoni player Craig Myers is a busy musician. He currently performs with Mike Gordon (of Phish fame) and was a...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2017

Review of Dunya

Dunya

ComboNations

Grappa Musikkforlag

Rating: ★★★★

Convened and led by Javid Afsari Rad, a santur (hammered dulcimer) player with Iranian roots, ComboNations capitalise on a variegated...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2017

Review of An Dàn: Gaelic Songs for a Modern World

An Dàn: Gaelic Songs for a Modern World

Mary Ann Kennedy

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Mary Ann Kennedy is one of the finest interpreters of Gaelic song and an inspiring and vital force on the...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2017

Review of Har Dam Sahara

Har Dam Sahara

Rafiki Jazz

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rafiki Jazz are a Sheffield-based band whose mission statement is to ‘create music that crosses cultural boundaries.’ Thankfully the results...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017

Review of Gammelt, Nyt, Lånt og Blåt

Gammelt, Nyt, Lånt og Blåt

Rannok

Go Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★

Rannok's Michael Graubæk (fiddle and mandolin) and Theis Langlands (piano and pump organ) are both well-established musicians in the Danish...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2017

Review of Inclined to be Red

Inclined to be Red

Greg Russell

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Greg Russell is an English folk singer on a mission. With the boundless energy of youth, he has been racing...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2017

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