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Review of Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Un Çhengey: One Tongue

Aon Teanga

Watercolour Music

Rating: ★★★

One Tongue melds three voices from three different Celtic song traditions – Scottish, Irish and Manx Gaels. Ruth Keggin is...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016

Review of Frankie and the No-Go Road

Frankie and the No-Go Road

Rita Hosking

Rita Hosking

Rating: ★★★

A concept album that follows the trials and tribulations of an everyman hero named Frankie in his struggles through life,...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: March/2016

Review of Clarion

Clarion

Pagoda Project

Top of the World

Sylvafield

Rating: ★★★★★

Paul Hutchinson, half of the fabulous Belshazzar's Feast, teams up here with clarinettist Karen Wimhurst from the world of contemporary...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016

Review of Šatrika

Šatrika

Čači Vorba

Top of the World

Oriente Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Čači Vorba is the name of the group, but it's vocalist and fiddler Maria Natanson who is the star of...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016

Review of Vivir Sin Miedo

Vivir Sin Miedo

Buika

Warner

Rating: ★★★

Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016

Review of The Tambourine Man

The Tambourine Man

Xabier Diaz & Adufeiras de Salitre

Diaz & de Salitre

Rating: ★★★

A soft shake of the tambourine and a lonely drumbeat introduce ‘Xota Delira’, the opening track on this daring experiment...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016

Review of Diyarbekiri Hokin: Armenian Songs from Dikranagerd

Diyarbekiri Hokin: Armenian Songs from Dikranagerd

Ara Dinkjian

Krikor Music

Rating: ★★★

There have been a number of interesting releases to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocide in 2015. There was...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2016

Review of Woven Landscapes

Woven Landscapes

Karavan Sarai

Karavan Sarai

Rating: ★★

Karavan Sarai is a band led by composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Narayan Sijan, who plays a variety of Turkish and...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2016

Review of Songs of Separation

Songs of Separation

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★

The star-studded folk ensemble has become a staple of both stage and CD – witness the likes of The Full...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016

Review of Le Dernier Empereur Bantou

Le Dernier Empereur Bantou

Pierre Kwenders

Bonsound

Rating: ★★★★

Pierre Kwenders’ first full-length project is an electro-fused delight. Kwenders currently resides in Montreal but has Congolese heritage and his...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2016

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