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Review of Tirade

Tirade

Eddie & Luc

Brig Records

Rating: ★★★★

First performing together during a packed session in Glasgow in 2013, Eddie Seaman (pipes, whistle and bouzouki) and Luc McNalty...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2017

Review of Terraforming in Analogue Space: IRL Remixes 2000-2015

Terraforming in Analogue Space: IRL Remixes 2000-2015

VARIOUS ARTISTS

IRL Records

Rating: ★★★★

This double album compilation curated by Nick ‘Dubulah’ Page celebrates the 100th release of IRL Records. It is a masterclass...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: April/2017

Review of Y Se Fue en la Bolita

Y Se Fue en la Bolita

Xamanek

Pacharango Prod

Rating: ★★

Led by two Chilean brothers based in Belgium, Xamanek make a fusion of Latin rock that incorporates elements of hip-hop,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017

Review of The Soul of Jamaica

The Soul of Jamaica

Inna de Yard

Top of the World

Chapter Two Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is a danger that reggae has become too widespread. It's rhythm and aesthetics have been co-opted into too many...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017

Review of Kind of Folk: Vol 1 Sweden

Kind of Folk: Vol 1 Sweden

Groupa

All Ice

Rating: ★★★★

Mysterious flutes beckon us into a forest. A haunting fiddle beguiles us with tunes from an age gone by. A...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: April/2017

Review of Un Canadien Errant

Un Canadien Errant

Fásta

Fásta

Rating: ★★★★

This is a three-way collaboration between Québécois fiddle and piano playing singer Sophie Lavoie, and uilleann piper and banjo player...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2017

Review of El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña

El Callegüeso y su Mala Maña

La Mambanegra

Top of the World

Movimientos Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Cali is known as the home of salsa in Colombia, a reputation based on the way they dance it, rather...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017

Review of L'Oiseau du Ciel

L'Oiseau du Ciel

Jeannot Bel

Prosmart Studio

Rating: ★★

Congolese music has for many years been struggling to re-establish its position as one of the most potent of contemporary...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2017

Review of Sonic Migration

Sonic Migration

Subsonic Trio

Bafe''s Factory

Rating: ★★★

The Subsonic Trio brings together musicians from Brazil, Finland and Australia – no longer such a surprise in our globalised...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2017

Review of Birabiro

Birabiro

Fendika

Terp Records

Rating: ★★★★

The centres of Ethiopian traditional music are known as azmari betoch, places to enjoy the songs, dance and stories of...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2017

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