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Review of Live at the Old Fruitmarket

Live at the Old Fruitmarket

RURA

Rura Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Live at the Old Fruitmarket marks an incredible ten years for the band, a decade that has seen many changes...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2020

Review of Corridos of the Chicano Movement

Corridos of the Chicano Movement

Rumel Fuentes

Arhoolie CD507

Rating: ★★★★

’To my mother I’m a Mexican, by destiny I’m American/I speak Spanish and English, I’m from the noble golden race’....

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of The Impossible Song & Other Songs

The Impossible Song & Other Songs

Roddy Woomble

Greenvoe/EMI

Rating: ★★★

The former Idlewild singer follows his acclaimed album Before the Ruin, made as a trio with guitarist and singer Kris...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011

Review of Blue as the Turquoise Night

Blue as the Turquoise Night

Eric Jacobson, Kayhan Kalhor, Sandeep Das

Top of the World

Bright Shiny Things

Rating: ★★★★

The quality of this album comes as no surprise when you discover that it has close connections to Yo-Yo Ma’s...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2021

Review of In the Kingdom of Dub

In the Kingdom of Dub

Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★★

Having paid his producer's dues from acid jazz groups through to Gregory Isaacs and the Sugarhill Gang, Mike Pelanconi's alter-ego...

Reviewed by Michael Brown in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Tales from the Barrel House

Tales from the Barrel House

Seth Lakeman

Top of the World

Honour Oak Records

Rating: ★★★★

Morwellham, on Devon's side of the Tamar river, is a treasure-trove of industrial archaeology, a World Heritage site that contains...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of The Ladies at Joe Gibbs

The Ladies at Joe Gibbs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The legendary producer Joe Gibbs produced a host of female singers, who provided him with some classic songs and ‘riddims’...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2013

Review of Oriental Winds of the Baroque

Oriental Winds of the Baroque

Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, Nils Økland, Elizabeth Holmertz, Kouame Sereba & Jésus Fernández Baena

Simax Classics

Rating: ★★

There can be no doubting the ambition of Norwegian saxophonist Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and his ensemble on this release. In the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2019

Review of The Sea is My Brother

The Sea is My Brother

Harbottle & Jonas

Brook View Records

Rating: ★★

The fourth studio album from Devon folk duo David Harbottle and Freya Jonas is a concept album about the sea....

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2019

Review of Emergency of the Female Kind

Emergency of the Female Kind

Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles

Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles

Rating: ★★★

Mixing amped up accordion with dynamic percussion, Amy Thatcher & Francesca Knowles are certainly bringing something new to the table....

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: May/2023

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