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Review of Gnawa London

Gnawa London

Simo Lagnawi

Top of the World

Waulk Records

Rating: ★★★★

Best known in the UKasa musical collaborator, in particular with Gnawa-indie band Electric Jalaba, Simo Lagnawi springs a few surprises...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage

The Silver Darlings

The Silver Darlings

Rating: ★★★★

So, 2021’s taste for the sea shanties may be starting to go as stale as a ship’s biscuit, but there...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2022

Review of Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience

Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

If you need some¬one to compile a co mpilation o f hen’s-teeth-rare funk grooves from 1 970s Latin America, there’s...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Dois

Dois

Batida

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

Pedro Coquenão's musical vision began as a radio show tracing his Angolan roots from his adopted home of Portugal. Creative...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

Bill Callahan

Drag City Records

Rating: ★★★★

Through a slightly distorted vocal, reminiscent of his early Smog albums, Callahan begins Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest with a...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: November/2019

Review of Winston Riley – Quintessential Techniques

Winston Riley – Quintessential Techniques

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Reggae Anthology VP 4158

Rating: ★★★

For the latest in their Reggae Anthology reissue series, VP have turned to the work of Winston Riley, founder of...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: March/2010

Review of Songs Lost & Stolen

Songs Lost & Stolen

Bella Hardy

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 2008 Bella Hardy, a young singer from Edale in Derbyshire, stepped onto the stage at the Royal Albert Hall...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011

Review of Fly Bird, Fly

Fly Bird, Fly

Muzsikas

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

Muzsikás are Hungary’s premier folk band and, for nearly 40 years, the leading international ambassadors of traditional Hungarian music. They...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Three Bells

Three Bells

Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge & Rob Ickes

Top of the World

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

Take three of the greatest dobro players on the planet, toss them together in a studio with a playlist that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2014

Review of Flit

Flit

Martin Green

Top of the World

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Martin Green is best known as the accordion and electronica genius from Lau, but he's also a bravely experimental soloist....

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2016

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