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Review of Pendulum

Pendulum

Morgan O’Kane

Morgan O’Kane

Rating: ★★★

Virginian banjo player, singer, and songwriter Morgan O’Kane has delivered a powerful punch of a second album. Many of the...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Eusebio

Eusebio

Giulia y Los Tellarini

Maik Maier CDMM01

Rating: ★

Two years ago the Italian singer Giulia Tellarini and her chums were among the multi-national swarms of tourists strumming guitars...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010

Review of Gagok, Pungnyu III

Gagok, Pungnyu III

Jeong Ga Ak Hoe

Akdang Eban

Rating: ★★★

This is a beautifully packaged atmospheric recording, but one that may take some getting used to. The gagok repertoire, protected...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Hunter's Moon

Hunter's Moon

Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault

Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault

Rating: ★★★★

Calum Stewart and Heikki Bourgault's own website refers to this excellent effort as if it's the pair's second collaborative album,...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Carry Me Home

Carry Me Home

The Dustbowl Revival

Dustbowl Revival

Rating: ★★★

The theatrical and often comical approach to their kaleidoscope of Americana makes you want to see how The Dustbowl Revival...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of World Affairs

World Affairs

Mpho Majiga

Africantunz Records & Promotions

Rating: ★★

Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018

Review of Leyla

Leyla

Adir Jan

Trikont

Rating: ★★★★

Adir Jan brings us into a world of queer Kurdish cosmic love songs, on an album whose energy and innovation...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: June/2019

Review of Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Pequena Vertigem de Amor

Sessa

Mexican Summer

Rating: ★★★★

Sessa is a Brazilian musician from São Paulo. His latest album Pequena Vertigem de Amor adds yet another layer to...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: December/2025

Review of Pupillo

Pupillo

Pupillo

Amor in Sound

Rating: ★★★★★★★

Pupillo first came to my attention as a percussionist in Nação Zumbi, playing alongside Chico Science when he was still...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2026

Review of Memories and Moments

Memories and Moments

Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott

Full Skies

Rating: ★★★★

Listening to Memories and Moments, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s live album, We’re Usually a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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