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Review of Strange Days

Strange Days

Natacha Atlas

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Former Transglobal Underground singer and BBC Radio 3 World Music Award winner Natacha Atlas is well known for combining electro-acoustic...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of The D-Vine Spirituals Story Vol 3

The D-Vine Spirituals Story Vol 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bible & Tire Recording Co

Rating: ★★★

‘Gimme that old-time religion…’ The latest 14-track batch of old-time gospel recordings for the Memphis-based D-Vine Spirituals label underlines how...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2023

Review of Radio Masoda

Radio Masoda

Franck Biyong

Tangential Music

Rating: ★★★★

On this, his latest of 20 albums, the Paris-based guitarist and composer adds to his native Cameroonian music generous pinches...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2024

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 Sunnyside

Sunnyside

Seaman Dan

Steady Steady

Rating: ★★★

Following the release of Henry ‘Seaman’ Dan’s 2009 ‘farewell’ album Sailing Home, which won the ARIA award (Australia’s Grammys) for...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/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 Burning Inspiration

Burning Inspiration

Royal Sounds

Sugar Shack Records

Rating: ★★★

British roots reggae has become a dedicated fixation for Bristol-based Sugar Shack Records. Along with their two sister labels, they...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2017

Review of Las Olas de Niebla

Las Olas de Niebla

Eduardo Niebla

LMR Records

Rating: ★★★

Virtuoso guitar player and composer Eduardo Niebla has a 40-year history of genre-crossing collaboration behind him and his latest offering...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: July/2019

Review of Vox.Infold

Vox.Infold

Ruby Singh

Killbeat Music

Rating: ★★★★

Ruby Singh is a Canadian musician, composer, filmmaker and sound designer fascinated with mythos, memory, identity and fantasy. He works...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: May/2022

Review of Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

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