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Review of Hold Fast

Hold Fast

Stick in the Wheel

Top of the World

From Here Records

Rating: ★★★★★

‘This record is about working hard in the face of adversity, focusing on the positive, questioning the canon and making...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2020

Review of Ionia

Ionia

Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys

Earthwork Music

Rating: ★★★

Like so many of their contemporaries on the 21st-century roots scene, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys shuffle through a gamut...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Lion City

Lion City

Dirtmusic

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

Dirtmusic is an ongoing collaboration between Australian Hugo Race, an early member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds, and American Chris...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2014

Review of Pan Atlantico

Pan Atlantico

Diana Baroni & Simon Drappier

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

Pan Atlantico is a powerful and deeply-moving album that fuses Latin, North American and European styles. Performed live, the sound...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: May/2022

Review of Insofar

Insofar

Sundog

Editions Penguin Cafe

Rating: ★★★

One interesting aspect about seeing Sundog – Arthur Jeffes on piano and violinist Oli Langford – perform live is hearing...

Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Best of Mariza

Best of Mariza

Mariza

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★★

This really is exactly what it says: highlights from the career of the extraordinary fado singer who released her debut...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2014

Review of The First Album

The First Album

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo | ROB

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★

The first two releases in Analog Africa’s new ‘limited dance edition’ series move on from the label’s splendid compilation releases,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Lights in the Harbor

Lights in the Harbor

T'Monde

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally a side project for accordionist Drew Simon, letting him play more accordion than he could in his ‘other’ band,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2020

Review of From the Rich Dark Earth

From the Rich Dark Earth

Abraham Brody

Abraham Brody

Rating: ★★★★

Singer and violinist Abraham Brody was born and raised in the US, but for the last five years has been...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2017

Review of In The World Of Light

In The World Of Light

Tiki Taane

Tiki Dub

Rating: ★★★

One of New Zealand's most powerful performers, Maori musician/producer Tiki Taane has come a long way since resigning his role...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

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