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Review of Not One but Another

Not One but Another

Andy Kirkham

Bijou

Rating: ★★★

Andy Kirkham is a British, Norfolk-based folk guitar player and songwriter. His fifth solo album is a reflective affair, consisting...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2015

Review of One Drop of Kindness

One Drop of Kindness

Yungchen Lhamo

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

Yungchen Lhamo has been in exile from Tibet since 1989 and One Drop of Kindness, her seventh release, continues her...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2023

Review of The Eternal Return

The Eternal Return

Irfan

Mandalia-Music

Rating: ★★★

Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017

Review of Refab

Refab

Da Lata

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★

Remix albums are always going to be something of a mixed bag, and this reimagining of Fabiola, the latest album...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2015

Review of LIVE – Olympiahalle München

LIVE – Olympiahalle München

LaBrassBanda

Trikont

Rating: ★

LaBrassBanda hail from Bavaria, and this homecoming concert found them playing to 12,000 fans. You read that correctly: not 1,200...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Studio One Dub Fire Special

Studio One Dub Fire Special

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★

London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016

Review of One Day Band Vol 1

One Day Band Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trestle Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

What can you achieve in one day? This is the question posed by Trestle Records in East London with their...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: April/2020

Review of Shivelight

Shivelight

Mishaped Pearls

Misshapen Records

Rating: ★★★

‘Shivelight’ is the light that dances and dapples through a canopy of trees; something that captures the essence of the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2018

Review of Sudbina

Sudbina

Eva Salina & Peter Stan

Vogiton Records

Rating: ★★★

Vida Pavlović was one of the most highly regarded Roma singers to have existed, tragically dying before her time in...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2018

Review of Eco do Futuro

Eco do Futuro

Da Cruz

Boom Jah Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's always refreshing to encounter a band that defies stereotypes, especially one with a lead singer who hails from balmy,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2018

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