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Review of Rebel Tumbao

Rebel Tumbao

Rebel Tumbao

Sacred Rhythm Music

Rating: ★★

Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015

Review of The Girl I Left Behind Me

The Girl I Left Behind Me

India Electric Co

Indiaelectricco.com

Rating: ★★★★

The hypnotic melodies, syncopated rhythms and pop hooks of this debut album from Devon folk duo Cole Stacey and Joseph...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015

Review of Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

Fotheringay

Universal

Rating: ★★★★★

It's titled Nothing More because there is nothing more by Fotheringay out there than the 52 tracks on this three-CD...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015

Review of North Star

North Star

Kyle Carey

Americelta Records

Rating: ★★★

US-born singer-songwriter Kyle Carey has a pleasing voice, which she wields with deft assuredness and gentle charm. Her music, a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2015

Review of Charms Against Sorrow

Charms Against Sorrow

Hannah Sanders

Sungrazing Records

Rating: ★★★

Hannah Sanders spent much of her teens traversing the land in an old Bedford school bus, singing the traditional songs...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015

Review of Dawâr: The Universal Rhythm

Dawâr: The Universal Rhythm

Trio Chemirani

Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★

Trio Chemirani are an impressive percussive force, comprising Djamchid Chemirani and his sons Keyvan and Bijan. Although they are based...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015

Review of With the Dawn

With the Dawn

Bella Hardy

Noe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bella Hardy's new album begins with the track ‘The Only Thing to Do’, a striking and beautiful ballad addressing love...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015

Review of Sheear

Sheear

Ruth Keggin

Purt Sheearan Records

Rating: ★★★

Not long ago, UNESCO was forced to change its classification of the Manx language from ‘extinct’ following protests from some...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015

Review of Metisse Maloya

Metisse Maloya

Johann Berby

AIO Artists

Rating: ★★★

The island of La Réunion is a French territory located in the Indian Ocean, lying to the east of Madagascar,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2015

Review of Jelszó

Jelszó

Félix Lajkó & Budafoki Dohnányi Zenekar

Fonó

Rating: ★★★★

Lajkó is one of Europe's most talented and most adventurous violinists. Hungarian-speaking, but Serbian-born, he transcends musical borders, ranging from...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015

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