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Review of Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Organic Records

Rating: ★★★

Let's get it out of the way: this is a straightforward, mainstream country album. It's not old-time, it's not bluegrass...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2017

Review of Mediterranean Songs

Mediterranean Songs

Melos

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★

Melos is an ambitious gathering of the musical traditions of three Mediterranean countries – Spain, Tunisia and Greece. The album’s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

Review of Miliki Sound

Miliki Sound

Peter King

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

Mr Bongo’s Classic African Recordings series continues with a little-known Peter King set, originally released in the UK in 1975....

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Fintou

Fintou

Vaudou Game

Hot Casa Records

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded with analog equipment in the OTODI studio in Lomé, Vaudou Game’s fifth album takes Togolese sounds to new and...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: April/2025

Review of XXX

XXX

Söndörgő

Top of the World

GroundUP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The latest album from Hungarian tambura band Söndörgő isn’t triple X-rated, but it does mark their 30th anniversary. Their name...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2025

Review of Italie: Polyphonies Vocales de Ligurie

Italie: Polyphonies Vocales de Ligurie

La Compagnia Sacco di Ceriana

Buda/Musique du Monde 3018100

Rating: ★★★★

In a north-western corner of Italy, inland from Sanremo and not far from the French border, a cascade of fortified...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of African Soul Revolutionary

African Soul Revolutionary

Baaba Maal

Nascente

Rating: ★★★

Every slick studio release Baaba Maal puts on the market tends to prompt someone to release some unmixed, live or...

Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Lambi Golo

Lambi Golo

TourÉ Kunda

Top of the World

Soulbeats Records

Rating: ★★★★

The decade that has lapsed since TourÉ Kunda's 2008 album Santhiaba had led this reviewer to fear that the Senegalese...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Eyes Rest Their Feet

Eyes Rest Their Feet

Thaba

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

This playful and alluring release from Thaba draws on a diverse array of influences: from the South African popular dance...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2020

Review of Wasser und Erde

Wasser und Erde

Akleja

Akleja

Rating: ★★★

Akleja are nyckelharpa players Regina Kunkel and Björn Kaidel (who also plays guitar and Irish bouzouki). Wasser und Erde (Water...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019

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