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Review of Nightfall

Nightfall

Quercus

ECM Records

Rating: ★★★★

June Tabor, saxophonist Iain Bellamy and pianist Huw Warren released their award-winning debut on ECM back in 2013, and this...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017

Review of Affinity

Affinity

Atlas

Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★★

Atlas are two natives of Limerick, Ireland: Cillian Doheny, guitarist and lynchpin of Moxie, and concertina player Cillian King. Their...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: August/2017

Review of White African Power

White African Power

Tanzania Albinism Collective

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

It's a bold and ambitious idea to enter an isolated community who have no experience of singing and ask them...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: August/2017

Review of Índia

Índia

Gal Costa

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Neither the infamous cover of this 1973 masterpiece (banned by Brazil's military government) nor the baroque pop contained within fit...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017

Review of Beautiful World

Beautiful World

Elemotho

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

The Namibian-born Elemotho (stage name of Gaalelekwe Richardo Mosimane) grew up listening to his elders telling stories around a campfire...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017

Review of Sleight of Elbow

Sleight of Elbow

Feast of Fiddles

Feast of Fiddles

Rating: ★★★★

Like Bellowhead, to whom they’re sometimes compared, Feast of Fiddles are a fearless big band, featuring a line-up of six...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: August/2017

Review of Smoke Behind the Clouds

Smoke Behind the Clouds

The Bucking Mules

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

Smoke Behind the Clouds taps the deep, rich reservoir of the old-time American songbook. Led by East Tennessee native Joseph...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: August/2017

Review of Fading Mystery

Fading Mystery

Taarka

Taarka

Rating: ★★★

There's a lot of this around: acoustic groups led by articulate singer-songwriters playing accomplished bluegrass-influenced music. But while Taarka aren’t...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: August/2017

Review of M&M

M&M

Moreira Chonguiça & Manu Dibango

Morestar Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★

Old saxophonists never fade away, they just keep on blowing. It may not quite be up to Manu Dibango's ‘Big...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/2017

Review of Ushers Island

Ushers Island

Ushers Island

Vertical Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ushers Island made their stage debut two years ago. They comprise two generations of Ireland's finest players: members of 1970s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017

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