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Review of The Road is Long: Live at Savoy Theatre

The Road is Long: Live at Savoy Theatre

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

No Problem! Music

Rating: ★★★★

When you have made four attempts at recording a live album in Cotonou, Benin, and each of them fail, what...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2017

Review of Simultaneous Flight Movement

Simultaneous Flight Movement

Laura Cannell

Brawl Records

Rating: ★★★★

One musician, a violin, a recorder and a lighthouse are hardly the typical ingredients of an album. Laura Cannell's Simultaneous...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017

Review of Andalusia of Love

Andalusia of Love

Marcel Khalife

Nagam Records

Rating: ★★★★

I thought I had become a bit tired of Marcel Khalife's musical activities. Popular as ever throughout the Arab world,...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2017

Review of All in Always

All in Always

Laura Cortese

Laura Cortese

Rating: ★★★★

Most records represent a step forward, or sideways, away from their predecessors. With All in Always, Laura Cortese has made...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2017

Review of Até Pensei que Fosse Minha

Até Pensei que Fosse Minha

António Zambujo

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

There is one piece of advice that everyone should follow: never meet your heroes. Fortunately, António Zambujo ignored that and...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2017

Review of Oxalá

Oxalá

Terrakota

Altafonte

Rating: ★★★

It's a delicate line between a lack of focus and a gloriously diverse mix of content, but Lisbon's Terrakota always...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017

Review of Let Love Rule

Let Love Rule

Archie Roach

Liberation Records

Rating: ★★★★

Listening to veteran Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach's tenth album is a tender and touching experience. The title-track opens with the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

Review of Fall Away Blues

Fall Away Blues

Red Tail Ring

Earthwork Music

Rating: ★★★★

Kalamazoo, Michigan-based duo Red Tail Ring describe their music as ‘old-time roots, new-time sounds.’ Their description aptly sums up the...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2017

Review of Voices

Voices

Ranagri

Goatskin Records

Rating: ★★★

Ranagri are an Anglo-Irish contemporary folk quartet whose songs have an epic quality, with soaring vocals from Donal Rogers, echoing...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017

Review of Night Hours

Night Hours

Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second studio album from the young Bristol folk duo. It is a well-judged collection that feels very...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2017

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