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Review of Get Happy

Get Happy

Pink Martini

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rufus Wainwright’s glamorous swagger makes for a natural fit with Pink Martini’s global cocktail lounge sophistication. He’s the pick of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013

Review of Bahriye Çiftetellisi

Bahriye Çiftetellisi

Cüneyt Sepetçi & Orchestra Dolapdere

Top of the World

LM Dupli-cation

Rating: ★★★★

Orchestra Dolapdere, named after the quarter of Beyoğlu from which the musicians come, includes some top players – Veysel Imeci...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2013

Review of The Old School

The Old School

Peter Rowan

Top of the World

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

In a career that spans six decades, Rowan has sung and played guitar and mandolin with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys;...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013

Review of Single Flame

Single Flame

Lucy Ward

Navigator

Rating: ★★★

This is the Derby– born singer’s follow-up to 2011’s Adelphi Has to Fly. Since then, she’s been part of the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Review of La Increíble Historia de un Hombre Bueno

La Increíble Historia de un Hombre Bueno

DePedro

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★

DePedro is the nom do guorro of Spanish guitarist and singer Jairo Zavala, an experienced sideman and session musician with...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2013

Review of Fiddlers/Quiet Rapture

Fiddlers/Quiet Rapture

Juuri & Juuri

Aania (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

I love Juuri & Juuri. I love the honesty of their music, their passion for their musical heritage, I love...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2013

Review of Nothing Can Stop Us

Nothing Can Stop Us

Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Cornell Campbell has had a long and illustrious career that includes stints as a studio vocalist for such legendary producers...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2013

Review of Waternixie

Waternixie

Dalinda

Big Vocal Poet Records

Rating: ★

Dalinda is a UK-based, Libyan-born, Bosnian singer-songwriter whose music bears traces of many influences. Such a rich cultural background could...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: October/2013

Review of Enregistré Live

Enregistré Live

Genticorum

Top of the World

Les Productions de Moulin

Rating: ★★★★

Genticorum's four previous albums confirmed them as one of Quebec's most vibrant, energetic and exciting groups. They have developed a...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Review of Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nonesuch Records (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★

I Kate and Anna McGarrigle were the unlikeliest of pop stars, two plain-spoken homebodies raised in the ancient Laurentian mountain...

Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2013

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