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Review of Old Light: Songs from My Childhood and Other Gone Worlds

Old Light: Songs from My Childhood and Other Gone Worlds

Rayna Gellert

StorySound Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rayna Gellert’s great-grandfather was a Hungarian-born orchestral violinist whose career path led to a gig on a transatlantic cruise ship...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Sailing Over the 7th String

Sailing Over the 7th String

Tim Edey

Gnatbite Records

Rating: ★★★★

You’ll probably be familiar with multi¬instrumentalist Tim Edey from his triumph at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, where...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Titina Canta B Leza

Titina Canta B Leza

Titina

Astral Music/Sterns

Rating: ★★★★

With reissues of long-deleted Cape Verdean albums being about as rare as Cape Verdean cloud bursts, Astral Music in conjunction...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of The Nile Project: Aswan

The Nile Project: Aswan

Various Artists

Top of the World

The Nile Project

Rating: ★★★★

In January earlier this year 18 musicians from five countries along the Nile came together in an unprecedented collaboration. This...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Roll Me, Tumble Me

Roll Me, Tumble Me

The Deadly Gentlemen

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★

The Deadly Gentlemen sport a thoroughbred bluegrass line-up of guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and double bass, and are fronted by...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of The Definitive Doc Watson

The Definitive Doc Watson

Doc Watson

Vanguard Records

Rating: ★★★★

Folk-singer-ophobes may find an unlikely ally in American roots singer Tim O’Brien, who astutely summarises Doc Watson’s appeal in the...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Fabiola

Fabiola

Da Lata

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Da Lata first appeared on our horizon in the mid-90s when their largely Brazilian-scented grooves found great favour with DJ...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Anarchy & Romance

Anarchy & Romance

Shantel

Essay Recordings

Rating: ★★★

OK, this is really wacky. But then, what else did you expect from the impish German DJ who set Euro...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Nádúr

Nádúr

Clannad

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Nádúr delivers the first new material from Clannad in a decade and a half and arrives as the Irish icons...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Old Buck

Old Buck

Old Buck

Tin Halo Music

Rating: ★★★

Most of these tunes are as tried-and-true traditional old¬time as the classic instrumental line-up (fiddle, banjo, bass, guitar and mandolin)...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

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