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Review of Wick to Wickham

Wick to Wickham

Gordon Gunn

Greentrax Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Best known as a member of the fiddle-led supergroup Session A9, Scottish fiddler and composer Gordon Gunn has not recorded...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2015

Review of The Roaring Whirl

The Roaring Whirl

Sarah Rodgers

Métier

Rating: ★★★

The conceit of this disc is to take readings from Kipling's Kim and juxtapose them against a musical interpretation of...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2020

Review of The Rough Guide to a World of Psychedelia

The Rough Guide to a World of Psychedelia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

This sampler is a bountiful taster for World Music Network's ongoing series of global psychedelic compilations, skipping madly from land...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2016

Review of Tro

Tro

Gwyneth Glyn

bendigedig

Rating: ★★★★

One of Wales' most talented singer-songwriters, Gwyneth Glyn returns here with her first solo release since her Welsh/Indian collaboration, Ghazalaw,...

Reviewed by Elliw Iwan in issue: November/2017

Review of Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music in the Digital Age 1983-1996 (Vol Two)

Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music in the Digital Age 1983-1996 (Vol Two)

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Kalita

Rating: ★★★

By the 1980s Ghana's once vibrant highlife scene was in decline along with the country's economy, and many of the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2023

Review of Jarak Qaribak

Jarak Qaribak

Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★

This is more than just a meeting of two rock stars – one the lead guitarist of Radiohead, the other...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2023

Review of American Patchwork Quartet

American Patchwork Quartet

American Patchwork Quartet

Carolina Jasmine

Rating: ★★★★

The clue is in the name. This terrific quartet led by visionary roots guitarist/vocalist/arranger Clay Ross celebrate America’s Indigenous folk...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2024

Review of Mayday

Mayday

Myriam Gendron

Thrill Jockey

Rating: ★★★★

For Québec-based guitarist and singer Myriam Gendron’s fascinating 2014 debut record, she took the unusual step of recording a concept...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: July/2024

Review of New Regency Orchestra

New Regency Orchestra

New Regency Orchestra

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Brainchild of Lex Blondin, Church of Sound and Total Refreshment Centre co-founder, New Regency Orchestra is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: July/2024

Review of Negore

Negore

Odd Okoddo

Altin Village & Mine

Rating: ★★

Odd Okoddo is Kenyan singer Olith Ratego and German multi-instrumentalist Sven Kacirek, working in Nairobi, and here delivering their second...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2024

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