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Review of Studio One Dub Fire Special

Studio One Dub Fire Special

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★

London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016

Review of Du og Eg

Du og Eg

Ingunn Stræte Lie & Jo Asgeir Lie

Kvarts Records

Rating: ★★★

By the end of this album you’ll know your reinlenders from your springars, and polkas will be second nature. Here's...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016

Review of Pa el Agus y el Uli

Pa el Agus y el Uli

Orquesta Típica Juan Pablo Navarro

Sunnyside Records

Rating: ★★★

This Argentinian orquesta típica – the classic tango band of ten or so players – is in fact atypical in...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2016

Review of The Young Man's Harp

The Young Man's Harp

Vieux Kanté

Top of the World

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Mali in 1974, Noumoussa Soumaoro – aka Vieux Kanteé – began playing the six-string hunter's harp known as...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016

Review of Rescued Treasure

Rescued Treasure

Semer Ensemble

Piranha Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is rescued treasure indeed. The Semer Ensemble bring back to life the previously lost recordings of Hirsch Lewin's Semer...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2016

Review of Ganga Procession

Ganga Procession

Ganga Procession

Coop Breizh

Rating: ★★★★

Famous flautist Sylvain Barou has worked with Ronan Pellen (Istan Trio), Jacques Pellen (Offshore Quartet) and Prabhu Edouard (Thali Gang)...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: October/2016

Review of Fern Girl & Ice Man

Fern Girl & Ice Man

The Lowest Pair

Team Love Records

Rating: ★★★

What we have here are two collections of old and familiar song forms. But they are reconstituted with observant, contemporary...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016

Review of Tres Luceros

Tres Luceros

Kevin Seddiki & Sandra Rumolino

Wildner Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tango is the elephant in the room of this debut duo record – always present in spirit but rarely fully...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016

Review of Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind

Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind

The High Bar Gang

True North Records

Rating: ★★★

The 13-track setlist for Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind, which was recorded live in the Watershed Productions studio...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016

Review of Wiyaala

Wiyaala

Wiyaala

Djimba World Records

Rating: ★★★

Known as ‘The Lioness of Africa’ Wiyaala grew up in a small village in the Upper West region of Ghana....

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2016

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