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Review of Viene de Mi

Viene de Mi

La Yegros

Top of the World

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★★

If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Good Times of Old England

Good Times of Old England

Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

Rating: ★★★★

Span are still a touring and recording band, like their 70s folk-rock compatriots Fairport, and a good portion of their...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Cumbia Cumbia

Cumbia Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Circuit – to be released in April

Rating: ★★★

This album invites the question: do we need to recycle the already recycled? The tip-top material here of ever-popular cumbia...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Feast Frost Bites

Feast Frost Bites

Belshazzar’s

Wild Goose Records WGS366CD

Rating: ★★★

Pauls Hutchinson and Sartin return with a festive offering of carols and tunes to see us through yuletide. The result...

Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Pelerinaj

Pelerinaj

Erol Josué

Top of the World

Geomuse Editions

Rating: ★★★★★

Vodou priest, actor, singer and choreographer Erol Josué spent two decades living in Paris and New York before returning home...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022

Review of A Wonder Working Stone

A Wonder Working Stone

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

Top of the World

Drag City

Rating: ★★★★★

Roberts'previous album, Too long in This Condition, focused on the ancient, traditional wing of the folk repertoire, and proved to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Transatlantic Sessions 4: Volume 2

Transatlantic Sessions 4: Volume 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Whirlie Records

Rating: ★★★★

The second CD release taken from last year's fourth outing of the Transatlantic Sessions TV series captures – much better...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Sun God

Sun God

Sunday Driver

Trapped Animal

Rating: ★★

British fusion band Sunday Driver’s latest release is their first since the EP Flo in 2014. While Flo was a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices

Weaving My Ancestors’ Voices

Sheila Chandra

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's something plainly refreshing about witnessing an artist following their own path, uninhibited. Chandra's trilogy of albums – first released...

Reviewed by Anita Bhadani in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Jamaica-Mento 1951-1958

Jamaica-Mento 1951-1958

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés FA5275

Rating: ★★★★

Reggae snobs bristle whenever they hear mento described as “Jamaican calypso”. Admittedly, it’s a lazy way of putting it, but...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2010

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