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Review of Vitsa

Vitsa

Takimi of Epirus | Yiannis Chaldoupis & Moukliomos

JSP

Rating: ★★★★

I was bowled over by the sound quality and track selection on the UK label JSP's archival rebetika box-set of...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: July/2015

Review of Electric

Electric

Richard Thompson

Proper

Rating: ★★★★

Buddy Miller produced Richard Thompson's latest album in his home studio in Nashville. It shows in the sound, which swings...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2013

Review of World Ballads

World Ballads

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Network 495130

Rating: ★★

This is the latest in Network’s usually excellent two-disc ‘longbox’ series. A decade or so ago, the similarly packaged Desert...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2010

Review of Dark Matter

Dark Matter

Shane Howard

Goanna Aits

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since 1982, when Australia’s I Goanna band gifted I radio stations their enduring Top 10 hit ‘Solid Rock’, the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020

Review of The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival

The Rough Guide to African Roots Revival

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

One of the keys to success in the competitive compilation market is to find fresh and interesting thematic approaches that...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012

Review of From Dust to Light

From Dust to Light

Ariana Tikao

Ode Records

Rating: ★★★★

Four years on from her last ethereal album Tuia, New Zealand singer Ariana Tikao’s latest batch of Original songs is...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of The Road to Damascus

The Road to Damascus

Syriana

Top of the World

Real World CDRW176

Rating: ★★★★

Followers of Nick Page, former frontman of Transglobal Underground and serial musical collaborator, might be surprised by his latest project....

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: October/2010

Review of Otros Aires Presents Balkan Airs

Otros Aires Presents Balkan Airs

Balkan Airs

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★★

Balkan Airs is the latest project from Buenos Aires' nu tango outfit Otros Aires, and it just might disappoint some...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Turquoise

Turquoise

Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi

PHM Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mohammed Reza Ebrahimi is a virtuoso of the oud and Persian tar, and an instructor at the Music Conservatory of...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2021

Review of Excavated Shellac: Voices

Excavated Shellac: Voices

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

Dust-to-Digital

Rating: ★★★★★

The globe is completely open for this deep excavation, the latest in Dust-to-Digital’s Jonathan Ward-assembled series. From Mongolia to Morocco,...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2026

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