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Review of Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Martyn Joseph

Pipe Records

Rating: ★★★

Sanctuary opens with ‘When Will We Find?’, a song that asks desperate and universal questions: when will we find love,...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2016

Review of Harmonograph

Harmonograph

False Lights

Wreckord label

Rating: ★★★★

A big welcome back to Sam Carter and Jim Moray, whose debut album under the guise of False Lights, Salvor,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018

Review of An Dà Là – The Two Days

An Dà Là – The Two Days

Mànran

Manran Records

Rating: ★★★

After three years of near-constant touring, this six-piece band’s third album finds Ewen Henderson taking over lead vocals from now-departed...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2017

Review of Radio Vietnam

Radio Vietnam

Mark Gergis

Sublime Frequencies

Rating: ★

Belonging to Sublime Frequencies’ locale-specific radio collage series, Radio Vietnam is a ‘plunderphonics’ album: that's to say, the mashed-up audio...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: July/2015

Review of Los Nostres Vices e Pecats

Los Nostres Vices e Pecats

Els Berros de la Cort

Ojo Musica

Rating: ★★★★

Els Berros de la Cort are the musical equivalent of a re-enactment group, performing material from the medieval Catalan and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2013

Review of There’s More Pretty Girls Than One

There’s More Pretty Girls Than One

McCamy’s Melody Sheiks

Arhoolie

Rating: ★★★

This four-piece acoustic ensemble consists of two Americans and two Brits who live in France. One of the Americans is...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2012

Review of Origo

Origo

Kaja

Kakafon

Rating: ★★★★

Rooted in Eastern European music, this latest album from instrumental trio Kaja explores the boundaries of that wide genre and...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Revolucionario

Revolucionario

Quinteto Astor Piazzolla

Top of the World

East 54 Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★

As well as his scintillating signature sound, at least a dozen sublime albums, and hundreds of compositions, Astor Piazzolla bequeathed...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2019

Review of Hawniyaz

Hawniyaz

Hawniyaz

Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

This is one of the projects born of Osnabrück's remarkable Morgenland Festival, which specialises in Near and Middle Eastern music....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Queens of Fado: The Next Generation

Queens of Fado: The Next Generation

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Not that long ago, no youngster in their right mind would confess to liking fado in Portugal. In the years...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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