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Review of Les Entrailles de la Montagne

Les Entrailles de la Montagne

Jean-François Bélanger

Jean-François Bélanger

Rating: ★★★★

Jean-François Bélanger is a French-Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist. In recent years, he has focused on recording and releasing a ‘Nordic...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Do Not Be Afraid

Do Not Be Afraid

Vula Viel

Vula Viel Records

Rating: ★★★

London-based trio Vula Viel are a live sensation. Do Not Be Afraid is their second recorded release, following on from...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of La Otra Mitad

La Otra Mitad

Refree

tak:til

Rating: ★★★

Nothing startles these days. Postmodernism has attuned us to collage, palimpsest and pastiche. But this sampling of sonic essays on...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Dedications

Dedications

Night Tree

Night Tree Records

Rating: ★★★★

Formed in 2016 by students of Boston's New England Conservatory, Night Tree's sophomore album makes an even bolder claim for...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of El Hajar

El Hajar

Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis

Top of the World

Nur

Rating: ★★★★

One of Israel's leading rock stars, Dudu Tassa is the grandson of the celebrated musician Daoud Al-Kuwaiti, whose collaborations with...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Look Up

Look Up

Me and My Friends

Split Shift Records

Rating: ★★★

It would be a stretch to call the British quintet Me and My Friends a ‘world music’ band – but...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Dor an Enez

Dor an Enez

Fred Guichen

Paker Prod

Rating: ★★★★

When he was 14 Fred Guichen founded a band with his brother Jean-Charles. To the traditional fest noz line-up –...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Trikala

Trikala

Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti

Slap the Moon Records

Rating: ★★★★

One wonders whether in a past life Simon Thacker was a Bengali itinerant Baul mystic musician, or perhaps a South...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Radio Highlife

Radio Highlife

Auntie Flo

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Radio Highlife is the fruit of many years' worth of Auntie Flo touring around the world, tuning in to local...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

Review of Thinking Sideways

Thinking Sideways

Mules & Men

Mules & Men

Rating: ★★★★

Too often, acts from this side of the pond who say they play bluegrass or country actually churn out a...

Reviewed in issue March/2019

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