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Review of BKXS

BKXS

Jan Van Angelopoulos & Fotis Siotas

Mr Vertigo

Rating: ★★★

This is one of the more adventurous albums I’ve come across recently, and one which is based on arguably one...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024

Review of Furie

Furie

Alicia Edelweiss

Glitterhouse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Something of an anomaly in this magazine but also on the pop scene, Anglo-Austrian singer Alicia Edelweiss is one of...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: July/2025

Review of Cinéma el Mundo

Cinéma el Mundo

Lo'Jo

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

Many times I've taken a deep breath before beginning yet another CD review by some young global fusion band who...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012

Review of Hireth

Hireth

Tanya Brittain

TRC Music

Rating: ★★★★

A few accordion notes conjure the scene. Noir. Tanya Brittain makes her entrance: a wronged woman, bent on revenge. ‘Don’t...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2020

Review of Seasons of Change

Seasons of Change

Tom Kitching

Talking Cat

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded in Staffordshire's 19th-century Danebridge Methodist Chapel with guest players including Norway's Marit Fält (Vamm) on Nordic mandola and cittern...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of The Pace Setters

The Pace Setters

Edikanfo

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 1981 Brian Eno travelled to Ghana to produce an album by the eight-piece Afro-funk band Edikanfo. Shortly after its...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2020

Review of Bali 1928 I: Gamelan Gong Kebyar

Bali 1928 I: Gamelan Gong Kebyar

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Arbiter 2011

Rating: ★★★

Claude Debussy–one of the first Western composers to hear and be influenced by gamelan — titled one of his piano...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Night Off

Night Off

Luc McNally

Luc McNally

Rating: ★★★★

Night Off, the debut album from Glasgow-based County Durham folk musician Luc McNally, is a highly accomplished affair. Having built...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Sempre

Sempre

Katia Guerreiro

KG Produções

Rating: ★★★

It's no wonder that Katia Guerreiro, looking for a new direction in her career, chose to work with José Mário...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2019

Review of Magic Spirit Quartet

Magic Spirit Quartet

Majid Bekkas

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

As one of the leaders of the Gnawa revival and its incursions into fusion, Majid Bekkas has stressed the importance...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2020

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