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Review of Siku

Siku

Nicola Cruz

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★

Born in France to Ecuadorian parents, Nicola Cruz is one of a number of producers of recent years who have...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: March/2019

Review of Bondona

Bondona

Khiyo

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

On the strength of their 2015 debut album Khiyo were nominees in the best group category at the Songlines Music...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2022

Review of Nigeria Freedom Sounds!

Nigeria Freedom Sounds!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

Subtitled ‘Popular Music and the Birth of Independent Nigeria,’ these 23 tracks were all recorded more than half a century...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2016

Review of Leaves That Fly

Leaves That Fly

Kim Richards

Self Released

Rating: ★★★

Leaves That Fly is the debut album from Glasgow-based Kim Richards and a beautiful and heartfelt release it is too....

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2019

Review of North Cape

North Cape

Nic Zuppardi

North Cape Records

Rating: ★★★

The name Nic Zuppardi may be unfamiliar but this master of the mandolin has, for over a decade, been part...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: April/2023

Review of Silk & Stone

Silk & Stone

Amira Medunjanin

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

Amira Medunjanin is one of the great voices of the Balkans. A decade ago her album Rosa was a fantastic...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015

Review of Three Bells

Three Bells

Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge & Rob Ickes

Top of the World

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

Take three of the greatest dobro players on the planet, toss them together in a studio with a playlist that...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2014

Review of Flit

Flit

Martin Green

Top of the World

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Martin Green is best known as the accordion and electronica genius from Lau, but he's also a bravely experimental soloist....

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2016

Review of Live Wire

Live Wire

Woody Guthrie

Rounder

Rating: ★★★★

Several years ago, the Woody Guthrie official archives were given two spools of wire recordings of a live performance in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

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

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