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Review of Cold Sea

Cold Sea

Oisin Leech

Outside Music

Rating: ★★★

Cold Sea is the first solo release from Oisin Leech, who may be more familiar as one half of Irish...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2024

Review of Onde

Onde

Maria Mazzotta

Zero Nove Nove

Rating: ★★★★

Renowned Salento songbird Mazzotta embarks on a daring musical journey with collaborators Ernesto Nobili (guitars) and Cristiano Della Monica (drums,...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: June/2024

Review of Riegádahttin

Riegádahttin

Mirja Palo

Bjärka Records

Rating: ★★★

‘Life is here, can you feel it?’ Mirja Palo’s lyrics don’t shy away from the pain of labour and childbirth...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: June/2024

Review of Slack Your Horse

Slack Your Horse

Goblin Band

Broadside Hacks Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Goblin Band are a six-piece who coalesced around London’s Hobgoblin music shop. Their liner notes for this 30-minute set of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024

Review of Flamenco Mediterráneo

Flamenco Mediterráneo

Carlos Coronado

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Carlos Coronado likes to establish a musical connection with landscape. Having been born in the Baix Empordà region of Catalonia,...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2024

Review of Le Futur Ça Marche Pas

Le Futur Ça Marche Pas

Cyril Cyril

Top of the World

Les Disques Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★★

One of the most rewarding things while listening to Cyril Cyril’s third album is not being able to anticipate what...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2024

Review of Ear to the Eye

Ear to the Eye

Cosmo Sheldrake

Tardigrade Records

Rating: ★★★

Following on from last year’s compact, 22-minute Wild Wet World with its aquatic orchestra of sounds, comes a gargantuan 22-song...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024

Review of Skin

Skin

Maddie Morris

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

Engaging folk with contemporary issues Maddie Morris’ debut full-length album, Skin, is an insightful listen. A deeply socially conscious songwriter,...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2024

Review of Ridiculous Things

Ridiculous Things

The Do Goodrs

Old Age Recording Company

Rating: ★★★

Seattle’s The Do Goodrs debut album dives deep into personal storytelling and cultural fusion through the band’s love of Balkan...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: June/2024

Review of Circus of Desire

Circus of Desire

Olivia Chaney

Kartel Music Group

Rating: ★★★★

It’s been five years since Olivia Chaney’s last solo album, Shelter, which came between the stellar set of traditional balladry...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2024

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