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Review of The Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal

The Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Senegal's very rich seam of musical styles and voices are well represented in this attractively packaged collection. There are standout...

Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: March/2013

Review of Follow My Lead, Lead Me to Follow

Follow My Lead, Lead Me to Follow

The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra

Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra

Rating: ★★★★

The history, folklore and present state of the natural world is the defining theme of this second full-length album from...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013

Review of Anclao en Paris

Anclao en Paris

Cuarteto Cedrón

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★

Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón has been making folk and tango music with one quartet or another since 1964 and has released...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013

Review of Vocals and Percussion from Hahoe and Kyongju

Vocals and Percussion from Hahoe and Kyongju

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★

This album will prove heavy going unless you are a serious fan of field recordings. A mask-dance drama from Hahoe...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2013

Review of The Man Behind the Molam Sound 1972-75

The Man Behind the Molam Sound 1972-75

Theppabutr Productions

Zudrangma Records

Rating: ★★★★

Having made their name with the Thai Funk compilations, the Zudrangma label are getting down to serious business now, uncovering...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2013

Review of Old Tire Swingers

Old Tire Swingers

Old Tire Swingers

Old Tire Swingers

Rating: ★★★★

Aside from a Facebook page, on which they good-naturedly promote other bands playing good-time music in and around their hometown...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2013

Review of Carolina Moonrise

Carolina Moonrise

Jim Lauderdale

Sky Crunch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With a Carolina twang that will curl your ears, singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale has teamed up again with former Grateful Dead...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2013

Review of Soul Food: Food & Music, Fat & Yummy

Soul Food: Food & Music, Fat & Yummy

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trikont

Rating: ★★★★

Soul food loosely describes the African-American cooking that originated in the US South. Here, the poorest people in the US...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2013

Review of To the Horizon, Sir

To the Horizon, Sir

Iain Morrison

Peat Fire Records

Rating: ★★★★

Iain Morrison hails from a village in the wilds of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. He made...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2013

Review of The Eastern Light

The Eastern Light

The Dardanelles

Dardanelles

Rating: ★★★★

The Dardanelles are a five-piece, consisting of Tom Power on guitar, Matthew Byrne on vocals and bouzouki, Emilia Bartellas on...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013

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