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Review of Before We Change Our Mind

Before We Change Our Mind

Beoga

Beoga Records

Rating: ★★★★

Take a handful of insanely talented Irish musicians, two accordions, guitar, fiddle, bodhrán, piano and vocals. Add 14 years of...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2016

Review of Suku: Your Life is Your Poem

Suku: Your Life is Your Poem

Nils Kercher

Ancient Pulse Records

Rating: ★★★★

German multi-instrumentalist Nils Kercher's second studio album is an international affair. His ensemble is made up of musicians from Mali,...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: October/2016

Review of Aussegrasn

Aussegrasn

Fei Scho

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★

A slow start doesn’t necessarily indicate a dull ride. But in the case of Fei Scho's latest offering, this theory...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: October/2016

Review of Nocturno

Nocturno

Gianni Iorio & Pasquale Stafano

Enja Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since Astor Piazzolla relocated to Milan in 1973 to spend a decade experimenting and recording blistering, audacious albums such...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016

Review of Inspired by Chance

Inspired by Chance

Goitse

Top of the World

Goitse Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Their 2014 album Tall Tales and Misadventures saw Limerick quintet Goitse up the ante with a set marked by variety,...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2016

Review of Argentum

Argentum

Carlos Franzetti

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★★

Many books and articles have been written about the tortuous relationship between Buenos Aires and its rural hinterland. US-based but...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016

Review of Brinca

Brinca

Paride Peddio & Jonathan Della Marianna

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

It is both odd and a real shame that Sardinia's richly vibrant traditional music culture isn’t better known internationally. But...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2016

Review of Maputo Queens

Maputo Queens

Etienne de la Sayette

Paris DJs

Rating: ★★

This is the debut solo album from composer, arranger and producer Etienne de la Sayette. The Parisian is primarily known...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2016

Review of Give & Receive

Give & Receive

The Danberrys

The Danberrys

Rating: ★★

The husband-and-wife Americana duo of Dorothy Daniel and Ben DeBerry, both of whom sing and play acoustic guitar, are assured...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: October/2016

Review of Road Soda

Road Soda

Cheyenne Brown & Tory Dugan

Bird Creek Records

Rating: ★★

This collaboration between two Alaskan-born artists – fiddle player Tory Dugan and Scottish harpist Cheyenne Brown – straddles multiple styles....

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016

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