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Review of Egyéb Veszély – Danger Sign

Egyéb Veszély – Danger Sign

Fakutya Ensemble

MFB EV-CD03

Rating: ★★★

The opening track of this CD will need some explanation. There’s a snatch of the Monty Python theme tune on...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Folk Singer-Humdinger: Just About as Good as it Gets!

Folk Singer-Humdinger: Just About as Good as it Gets!

Bob Dylan

Smith & Co

Rating: ★★★★★

This collection of 45 tracks recorded by Dylan between 1961 and 62 is not an officially sanctioned release, but neither...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Clare Sands

Clare Sands

Clare Sands

Clare Sands

Rating: ★★★★

Galway-born multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Clare Sands has been making a name for herself on the Irish and international live circuit...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2022

Review of Fandango: Provença Sessions

Fandango: Provença Sessions

Kepa Junkera & the Melonious Quartet

Top of the World

Hiri Records

Rating: ★★★★

Everything is suddenly alright with the world when an album comes along and blows your mind: especially when it's from...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: March/2012

Review of Éthiopiques 24: Golden Years of Ethiopian Music 1969-1975

Éthiopiques 24: Golden Years of Ethiopian Music 1969-1975

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda 860176

Rating: ★★★

If the news that there are two new volumes of the magnificent, hugely influential and spectacularly long– running Ethiopiques series...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Masters of Percussion

Masters of Percussion

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ARC Music EUCD 2251

Rating: ★★★

This is a compilation of 11 percussion tracks, culled from at least five other percussion discs on the ARC Music...

Reviewed by Barak Schmool in issue: March/2010

Review of Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)

Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)

Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos

Knitting Factory Records 3 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

No other African musician has garnered as much global interest as Fela Kuti – Nigeria's creator of Afrobeat. His appeal...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2016

Review of Grand Ukulele

Grand Ukulele

Jake Shimabukuro

Hitchhike Records

Rating: ★★★

Like banjo maestro Bela Fleck, Japanese-Hawaiian ukulele whiz Jake Shimabukuro has been obsessed with expanding the repertoire and reputation of...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Splendour in the Grass

Splendour in the Grass

Pink Martini

Heinz/Wrasse Records WRASS250

Rating: ★★★

The 12-piece, which its founder Thomas Lauder¬dale suggests would make a great United Nations' house band, has concocted its fourth...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Pelao

Pelao

La Chiva Gantiva

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★

There's something oddly familiar about the cover of this album – it's the sort of out-there artwork that only Belgian's...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

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