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Review of Orfeo

Orfeo

Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party

Top of the World

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The title-track of Orfeo is a version of the Orpheus and Eurydice story dating from the 13th century, via a...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012

Review of Morning Moon

Morning Moon

Jenna Reid

Lofoten Record

Rating: ★★★★

Shetland lass Jenna Reid has long established herself as one of the most exciting fiddlers on the traditional scene. She’s...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2012

Review of Meet Me at Mardi Gras

Meet Me at Mardi Gras

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Rounder

Rating: ★★★

Mardi Gras in Louisiana is one of the world’s great public celebrations. The Cajuns have their own country Mardi Gras...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2012

Review of Off Beaten Tracks

Off Beaten Tracks

The Urban Folk Quartet

UFQ

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a palpable electricity to an Urban Folk Quartet gig. It surges through the musicians and into the crowd when...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: July/2012

Review of Recanto

Recanto

Gal Costa

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Almost half a century after Gal Costa first teamed up with him, Recanto sees Caetano Veloso taking her back to...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012

Review of Pwnco

Pwnco

Allan yn y Fan

Steam Pie Records

Rating: ★★

Allan yn y Fan, a quintet from Gwent, South Wales, are proud purveyors of twmpath music. A twmpath is a...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012

Review of A Curva Da Cintura (Mali-Brasil)

A Curva Da Cintura (Mali-Brasil)

Arnaldo Antunes, Toumani Diabaté & Edgard Scandurra

Top of the World

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★★

After AfroCubism's Grammy-winning Mali Cuba album, are we about to see a spate of similarly styled cash-ins? Well, no worries,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2012

Review of Release the Penguins

Release the Penguins

TG Collective

Stoney Lane Music

Rating: ★★★★

Flamenco, jazz and Gypsy swing mingle together in the world of the TG Collective, a guitar-led sextet from a British...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2012

Review of A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea

A Treasury of Shanties and Songs of the Sea

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Proper Records

Rating: ★★★

A Treasury is just that, a hoard of the best shanties. Furthermore, it’s sung by four of the finest outfits...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2012

Review of Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown

Songs to Scythe Back the Overgrown

Gren Bartley

Fellside

Rating: ★★★

This young Manchester-based singer-songwriter and guitarist first made a bit of a name for himself in a duo with fiddler...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2012

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