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Review of Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert

Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert

Beoga

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

A decade after their debut album, County Antrim's Beoga are celebrating with a lively and satisfyingly long anniversary CD and...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014

Review of House of Jacks

House of Jacks

Blair Dunlop

Rooksmere Records

Rating: ★★★★

Frontman for the Albion Band and winner of a BBC Radio 2 Horizon Folk Award in 2013, Dunlop brings a...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2014

Review of Inter-Celtic

Inter-Celtic

Carlos Núñez

RCA Victor

Rating: ★★★★

Is Galician piper Carlos Núñez the most enthusiastic, optimistic, energetic musician on earth? From the first blow on this 16-track...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014

Review of Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon

Sri Lanka: Sigiriya's Love Songs, Ceylon

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★

It is always welcome to see albums of music that bring more local traditions to a wider audience, and this...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2014

Review of Gipsy Rhumba

Gipsy Rhumba

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Andalucía's connection with Gypsy culture via flamenco is famous. Less well-known is the emergence, during the early 1960s, of a...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014

Review of No 2 Greepe

No 2 Greepe

The Campbells of Greepe

Watercolour Music

Rating: ★★★★

This is the second album from the Campbells of Greepe – hailed as one of the great singing families in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2014

Review of Thamesis

Thamesis

Mishaped Pearls

Mishaped Pearls

Rating: ★★★

If you like your folk music sophisticated, self-confident and highly original, read on. The third album from this über-cool London...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2014

Review of Best of Mariza

Best of Mariza

Mariza

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★★

This really is exactly what it says: highlights from the career of the extraordinary fado singer who released her debut...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014

Review of Tomorrow People: The Best of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

Tomorrow People: The Best of Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

Virgin Records

Rating: ★★

The Melody Makers, on the surface, look like Jamaica's version of the Jacksons. Featuring four of Bob Marley's numerous children...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: July/2014

Review of Loving a Fool

Loving a Fool

Tumbling Bones

Tumbling Bones

Rating: ★★★★

This debut album, funded through a Kickstarter campaign, is a masterclass in presenting old and new side by side. Tumbling...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2014

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