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Review of Guts, Lungs & Bones

Guts, Lungs & Bones

Groanbox

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★

Unfortunately this album doesn’t quite have the visceral clout promised by its excellent Waitsian title, although it’s hard to put...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Yene Alem

Yene Alem

Etenesh Wassie & Mathieu Sourisseau

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

The collaboration between Ethiopian singer Etenesh Wassie and the French bass guitarist Mathieu Sourisseau has already yielded one album back...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2018

Review of Ala Maintso – Green World: Songs from Madagascar

Ala Maintso – Green World: Songs from Madagascar

Modeste Hugues & Kilema

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

The instrument known as the marovany is a Malagasy zither – a hollow, wooden, rectangular-shaped box with 12 metal strings...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: January/2021

Review of #1

#1

Guy One

Philophon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Growing up herding goats and cows in a remote area of northern Ghana, Guy One had no schooling, taught himself...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2018

Review of Guia

Guia

Antonio Zambujo

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

It wasn't until Caetano Veloso spoke highly of him in his blog that Antonio Zambujo began getting the due recognition...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of August 1791

August 1791

RAM

Willibelle

Rating: ★★★

Led by Richard Morse, proprietor of the celebrated Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, RAM were last heard from before the disastrous...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018

Review of Empire & Love

Empire & Love

The Imagined Village

Emmerson, Concrake & Constantine ECC002

Rating: ★★★★

The Imagined Village began not so much as a band but a concept – melding multi-cultural Britain with its folk...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2010

Review of While You Were Slumbering

While You Were Slumbering

Joseph Decosimo

Top of the World

Sleepy Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Expert fiddler and banjoist and scholar of southern Appalachian music, Tennessee native Joseph Decosimo bears the legacy of the Cumberland...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Open

Open

Kutiman

Siyal

Rating: ★★★

Israeli musician Ophir Kutiel – aka Kutiman – plays every instrument on this, his sixth studio album. He's undeniably talented,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2022

Review of Foolin' in Time

Foolin' in Time

Cecilia Zabala, Don Davis & Joe Deleault

Delvad Music

Rating: ★★★

Languid and loose, filled with clever arrangements and multilingual lyrics placed just so, this long-gestating passion project comes from a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019

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