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Review of Lady Diamond

Lady Diamond

Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson

Selwyn Music

Rating: ★★★

Surprisingly, this is the debut album by a duo that already has a long pedigree. Griffith and Hampson have been...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Narrow Line

Narrow Line

Mama’s Broke

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

You’d be hard pressed to pinpoint the origins of Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke. Their album Narrow Line more than...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: July/2022

Review of Live at Vai Te Mihi

Live at Vai Te Mihi

Yoyo Tuki

Yoyo Tuki

Rating: ★★★★

The Pacific’s Rapa Nui – popularly known as Easter Island – is one of the most remote inhabited islands in...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022

Review of Gaia

Gaia

Dojo

One Records

Rating: ★★★

Dojo are a collective of reggae and jazz musicians who apparently hail from London, Paris, Nigeria and Lebanon. The band's...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2017

Review of The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic India

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

This eclectic collection features established giants such as Asha Bhosle alongside relative unknowns. Opening with a 70s Bollywood number by...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Unite

Unite

Ogún Afrobeat

Ogún Afrobeat

Rating: ★★★★

Some folks follow in the footsteps of Fela, others follow Femi… This ten-piece Afrobeat band from Spain seem to opt...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2022

Review of Sublime Ragas

Sublime Ragas

Kartik Seshadri

Top of the World

Soundings Records

Rating: ★★★★

A foremost protégé of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, Kartik Seshadri has very rapidly emerged as one of the world's best...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: March/2012

Review of Y Se Fue en la Bolita

Y Se Fue en la Bolita

Xamanek

Pacharango Prod

Rating: ★★

Led by two Chilean brothers based in Belgium, Xamanek make a fusion of Latin rock that incorporates elements of hip-hop,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2017

Review of Cuttin' Grass Vol 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

Cuttin' Grass Vol 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions

Sturgill Simpson

High Top Mountain Records

Rating: ★★★

Multi-time Grammy and Americana music award winner, country music singer-songwriter and actor Sturgill Simpson has fed 20 of his original...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021

Review of Mavra Froudia

Mavra Froudia

Stelios Petrakis, Efrén López & Bijan Chemirani

Musiepoca

Rating: ★★★★

Very slick and polished, imma– culately performed and recorded, and full of dance-like energy, there's nothing to dislike about this...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2011

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