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Review of Alchemy

Alchemy

The Emily Askew Band

Askew Records

Rating: ★★★

Having first discovered medieval and Renaissance melodies at the age of four through her recorder playing, then taken up the...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2017

Review of Inuusiq/Life

Inuusiq/Life

The Jerry Cans

Aakuluk Music

Rating: ★★★

In order to secure his bandmate Nancy Mike's hand in marriage, The Jerry Cans’ lead singer and guitarist Andrew Morrison...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2017

Review of The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

The Ballad of Dood & Juanita

Sturgill Simpson

High Top Mountain Records

Rating: ★★★

Explaining The Ballad of Dood & Juanita to an interviewer, Sturgill Simpson offered, ‘I’ve only ever really been interested in...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021

Review of A Cure for the Curious

A Cure for the Curious

Solasta

Solasta

Rating: ★★★★

This super-confident debut set from the masterful trio is unorthodox and fantastic. From the sharply abrupt end to opener ‘The...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: December/2018

Review of The Rough Guide to Cumbia

The Rough Guide to Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2CDs,)

Rating: ★★★

Not to be confused with World Music Network’s original Rough Guide to Cumbia, this is a completely new compilation of...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2013

Review of In the Footprints of Rumi

In the Footprints of Rumi

Rumi Ensemble & Salar Aghili

Top of the World

Ta:lik

Rating: ★★★★

The Rumi Ensemble was founded by Javid Afsari Rad [pictured], member of the renowned percussion ensemble Zarbang. It consists of...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of White Light: The Space Between

White Light: The Space Between

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

Signum Classics

Rating: ★★★★

O/Modernt, which translates as ‘unmodern’, is the conceptual brainchild of British-born violinist Hugo Ticciati. On White Light: The Space Between,...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2018

Review of The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers

The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers

Yīn Yīn

Bongo Joe

Rating: ★★★

For this release, four musicians from Maastricht, the Netherlands get together and jam, playing disco, funk and rock filtered through...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2020

Review of We are the Halluci Nation

We are the Halluci Nation

A Tribe Called Red

Radicalized Records

Rating: ★★★

A Tribe Called Red are at it again, transforming spiritual pow-wow vocals into slick, at times intense melodies that ride...

Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of The Rough Guide to Fado

The Rough Guide to Fado

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Following the success of the first Rough Guide fado compilation album, some eight years later we now have a welcome...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: June/2012

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