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Review of Gitana Mora

Gitana Mora

La Banda Morisca

Algazara Productions

Rating: ★★

This new release from La Banda Morisca comes with an attractive 35-page booklet (in Spanish only) containing florid journalism along...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Taranta Lanera

Taranta Lanera

Taranta Lanera

Vlad

Rating: ★★★

Italian expat Mari Lanera is a multifaceted artist in the Bordeaux underground scene. Yet, as Taranta Lanera for her eponymous...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Atlantic Edge

Atlantic Edge

West Ocean String Quartet

West Ocean Records

Rating: ★★★★

Now in their 21st year, the West Ocean String Quartet celebrate their anniversary with their first outing on disc since...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of For Him and Her

For Him and Her

Amira Medunjanin

Top of the World

Croatia Records

Rating: ★★★★

Amira Medunjanin made an immediate impact internationally with her debut album Rosa in 2004 with Mostar Sevdah Reunion (a Top...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Shine

Shine

Caroline Keane

Caroline Keane Music

Rating: ★★★★

Caroline Keane has had an increasingly prominent presence on the Irish and international touring circuit since she was 15. Now...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Roda Amaranta

Roda Amaranta

Saveria Margiola & Mikis TheodOrakis

FM Records

Rating: ★★★

Composer-conductor Mikis Theodorakis, aged 95 this July, is a Greek national institution. While classically trained, since 1958 his compositions and...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Makedonissimo

Makedonissimo

Simon Trpceski & Friends

Linn Records

Rating: ★★★★

Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski has made a name for himself through bravura solo readings of Rachmaninov and Chopin, but appears...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of RELAY Vol 2

RELAY Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

This is the second volume of an ongoing series of download albums launched during the COVID-19 lockdown by The Little...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Songs of the Summer Realm

Songs of the Summer Realm

Jessica Victoria

Jessica Victoria

Rating: ★★

In 1960, Lerner and Loewe brought Camelot to the Broadway stage. In 1975, Rick Wakeman gave King Arthur the prog-rock...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

Review of Hold Fast

Hold Fast

Stick in the Wheel

Top of the World

From Here Records

Rating: ★★★★★

‘This record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making...

Reviewed in issue October/2020

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