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Review of Les Objets Trouvés

Les Objets Trouvés

Kate & Raphaël

Kate & Raphaël

Rating: ★★★★

Scottish singer and fiddler Kate Young is an increasingly familiar figure. She was part of the award-winning Songs of Separation...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: August/2017

Review of Ribbons

Ribbons

Justin Adams feat Anneli Drecker

Wayward

Rating: ★★★★

From his solo debut with 2001's Desert Road through to his production work with Tinariwen, collaborations with Robert Plant and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017

Review of Sufi Spirit

Sufi Spirit

Rocqawali

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

You may be forgiven for approaching this with trepidation: a Danish rock‘n’roll band playing along with qawwali (the sacred music...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: August/2017

Review of Heart of the Congos

Heart of the Congos

The Congos

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★★

After failing to interest an international label when first released in 1977, Heart of the Congos has long been regarded...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/2017

Review of Brewed

Brewed

Väsen

NorthSide Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Their very name is mysterious: Väsen is a Swedish word meaning the essence or soul of something, while also possessing...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: August/2017

Review of Sonoridade Pólvora

Sonoridade Pólvora

Ian Lasserre

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★

Hailing from Bahia, Brazil, but brought to us by a Swedish record label, the singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre plies determinedly unassuming,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: August/2017

Review of Manushan

Manushan

Aïda & Babak

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★

Manushan is named after a legendary mountain in Iran near the Caspian Sea where, according to folklore, nomadic Gypsies from...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017

Review of Alcance

Alcance

Nikos Tsiachris

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

As flamenco continues to expand its appeal across the globe, one familiar disappointment is to hear foreign guitarists who have...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: August/2017

Review of The Songs of Edward Capern the Postman Poet

The Songs of Edward Capern the Postman Poet

Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll

English Fiddle

Rating: ★★★

Edward Capern only had four months of schooling. He lived much of his life in the north Devon town of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017

Review of Mornas ao Piano

Mornas ao Piano

Tété Alhinho

Trem Azul Records

Rating: ★★★★

The first few bars of Mornas ao Piano can trick you into thinking there's a Cuban record coming your way....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: August/2017

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