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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

Review of African Voices

African Voices

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

The art of a good compilation is to take the listener seamlessly from track to track even when there appears...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: July/2012

Review of No Ama

No Ama

Nancy Vieira

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

The daughter of a diplomat, Nancy Vieira was born in Guinea Bissau, grew up in the Cape Verdean capital, Praia,...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012

Review of Paspanga

Paspanga

Burkina Electric

Top of the World

Cantaloupe Music

Rating: ★★★★

On every track of this album there's a rich and strange presence in the soundscape, be it a lick, a...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2012

Review of Tale Yâd

Tale Yâd

Oneira

Helico

Rating: ★★

This disc could have been an interesting excursion into the traditions of northern Greece, the Black Sea and Iran, all...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2012

Review of Two Fine Days

Two Fine Days

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Fellside

Rating: ★★★

Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

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