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Review of Les Indiens d’Amérique: 1960-1961

Les Indiens d’Amérique: 1960-1961

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

It's encouraging to be reviewing another authentic Native American recording: while it's not exactly a glut, there is certainly much...

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: October/2014

Review of Songs of Exile

Songs of Exile

Abdelli

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Albums by the Brussels-based Algerian singer and songwriter Abderrahmane Abdelli are as rare as an oasis in the desert –...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021

Review of OVA

OVA

Afro Celt Sound System

Top of the World

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a bittersweet triumph from one of the world’s finest fusion bands. The Afro Celts were founded by Simon...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2024

Review of Loudon Live in London

Loudon Live in London

Loudon Wainwright III

The Last Music Company

Rating: ★★★

An excellent overview of the six-decade-long career of one of America’s preeminent (and funniest) troubadours. Recorded during a three-night stand...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2025

Review of Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

The Gibson Brothers

Bull Run Records

Rating: ★★★

Darkest Hour offers further proof that Leigh and Eric Gibson – deemed Entertainers of the Year by the International Bluegrass...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2023

Review of Simido

Simido

Moonlight Benjamin

Ma Case Records

Rating: ★★★

Siltane, the explosive debut solo album by the singer Moonlight Benjamin, was a Top of the World in #141 and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2020

Review of Ritual

Ritual

Nytt Land

Napalm Records

Rating: ★★

Describing their music as shamanic dark folk, Nytt Land are a Siberian duo – Natasha ‘Baba Yaga’ Pakhalenko and Anatoly...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2021

Review of Veena Dreams

Veena Dreams

Raghunath Manet

Top of the World

Plaza Mayor

Rating: ★★★★★

Raghunath Manet is originally from Puducherry in South India and splits his time between there and France. He is not...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023

Review of Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition

Psychedelic Train: Expanded Edition

Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★

Derrick Harriott is a major figure in Jamaican music, his career as a producer, songwriter, label owner and singer having...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Here & There

Here & There

Dimitris Mystakidis

Fishbowl Music Tank

Rating: ★★★

Folk guitar virtuoso and music professor Dimitris Mystakidis started playing professionally as a 16-year-old in Thessaloniki, inspired by his mother's...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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