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Review of The Art of the Daegeum Sanjo

The Art of the Daegeum Sanjo

Ahn Sung-Woo

Inédit

Rating: ★★

The latest of Inédit's series of Korean sanjo releases is for daegeum, a horizontal bamboo flute with a resonator and...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of The Art of Mandolin

The Art of Mandolin

Simon Mayor

Acoustics Records

Rating: ★★

First things first: Simon Mayor is an extraordinarily talented mandolin player. He is clearly a little obsessed: the CD booklet...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2014

Review of Vintage Americana

Vintage Americana

McCamy’s Old-Time Rendez-vous

Fiémeaux et Associés

Rating: ★★★

Ian McCamy is one of the leading fiddlers in old¬time American music circles. His illustrious playing has sparkled throughout albums...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of A Golden Thread

A Golden Thread

Pete Morton

Further Records

Rating: ★★★★

Pete Morton is unashamedly old school – in the best possible way. He's a fine singer, with a relaxed but...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Nanna

Nanna

Xavier Rudd & the United Nations

Nettwerk

Rating: ★★

The eighth studio album from the barefoot Aussie troubadour sees him foregoing his one-man band approach, where he multi-tracked countless...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015

Review of Agüeros

Agüeros

Sonoras Mil

Sonoras Mil

Rating: ★★★

One accusation that cannot be fired at Colombia’s Sonoras Mil, the project of Felipe Gómez Ossa, is a lack of...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2022

Review of Impromptu

Impromptu

The Angelo Debarre Quartet

Lejazzetal

Rating: ★★★★

Angelo Debarre, born in St-Denis, France, starte d playing guitar at the age of eight. A member of the Manouche...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of 17 Golden Greats

17 Golden Greats

Tashi Lhunpo Monks

30ips

Rating: ★★★

The liturgical chanting of the Tibetan monasteries is one of the great ‘endangered species’ of cultural preservation in Tibet, so...

Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: October/2014

Review of Don Letts Presents Culture Clash Radio

Don Letts Presents Culture Clash Radio

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Station 5 Records

Rating: ★★

Don Letts started as DJ at the Roxy, the first London punk club, and this has allowed him to enjoy...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2017

Review of Addoh

Addoh

Oumar Konaté

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

On this, his debut album, guitarist and singer Oumar Konaté seeks to place himself among the ever-growing pantheon of Mali's...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

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