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Review of Alistair Anderson & Northlands

Alistair Anderson & Northlands

Alistair Anderson & Northlands

Alistair Anderson

Rating: ★★★

Alistair Anderson, venerable master of the concertina and Northumbrian smallpipes, has been playing the music of the north-east of England...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2017

Review of Perfect Tango

Perfect Tango

Otros Aires

Galileo

Rating: ★★

The fourth album from the Argentinian-Spanish electro-tango outfit sees them ramping up their sound – the beats are faster, the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017

Review of New Era Frequency

New Era Frequency

Nattali Rize & Notis

Roots Level

Rating: ★★★

Best known as the dynamic frontwoman for Australian roots band Blue King Brown, Nattali Rize (aka Natalie Pa’apa’a) has recently...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2017

Review of Innamorata

Innamorata

Andrea Terrano

Atlantic Jaxx

Rating: ★★★

The accompanying press release suggests this is ‘a perfect companion for driving around the Ibizan hills,’ and tunes such as...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2017

Review of The Inner Indian

The Inner Indian

Hélène Brunet & Nicola Hayes

Coop Breizh

Rating: ★★★★

This is a duo with a difference: Nicola Hayes is an Australian fiddler who has settled in Brittany and teamed...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2017

Review of Darandi

Darandi

Aurelio

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

With their lilting, soulful melodies, drums and guitars, the paranda songs of the Garifuna people are one of the world's...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2017

Review of Red Mountain Blues

Red Mountain Blues

Chris Murphy

Teahouse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Chris Murphy should be a household name by now, having spent the past 25 years playing with some of the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: March/2017

Review of Royal Fado

Royal Fado

Yolanda Soares

By the Music

Rating: ★★

You’ve got to hand it to Yolanda Soares for her keenness in taking fado into a new direction. She began...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2017

Review of Island Songs

Island Songs

Ólafur Arnalds

Mercury KX

Rating: ★★★

Island Songs is the latest project from BAFTA-winning Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. It sees him travelling to seven different towns...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017

Review of Wandering Father, Forgotten Son

Wandering Father, Forgotten Son

Silas Lowe

Silas Lowe

Rating: ★★★

Wandering Father, Forgotten Son is a tribute to the somewhat fraught relationship between singer-songwriter Silas Lowe and his father, Roy...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2017

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