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Review of New Anything

New Anything

Leveret

Top of the World

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Leveret are a squeezebox trio: Sam Sweeney on fiddle and viola; Rob Harbron on English concertina; and Andy Cutting on...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015

Review of Okuté

Okuté

Okuté

Chulo Records/Daptone Records

Rating: ★★★★

The debut album from some of Havana’s finest rumberos, the self-titled Okuté explores the age-old traditions of rumba and Santería...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of When the Sun Goes In

When the Sun Goes In

Simon Robinson

Simon Robinson

Rating: ★★★

After touring extensively for 12 years with the band Maia, Robinson has recently preferred to explore the more traditional roots...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

Review of Ladaniva

Ladaniva

Ladaniva

[PIAS]

Rating: ★★★

Ladaniva is the creation of Belarusso-Armenian singer Jaklin Baghdasaryan and French multi-instrumentalist, Louis Thomas, whose featured trumpet playing often recalls...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2023

Review of Fickle Fortune

Fickle Fortune

Robyn Stapleton

Laverock Records

Rating: ★★★

The opener, ‘The Two Sisters’, sets the scene for a rather sweet and graceful debut from the Scots-born singer, Robyn...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of The Drip

The Drip

Rubim de Toledo

Bottom Dweller Music

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded with seven other prominent West-Canadian Jazz musicians and featuring vocalist Karimah, this latest release by Canadian-Brazilian bassist Rubim de...

Reviewed by George Newton in issue: November/2023

Review of Blak & Blu

Blak & Blu

Kutcha

Kutch Edwards

Rating: ★★★★

Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer Kutcha Edwards is a big man with a big voice. A Mutti Mutti man, whose traditional country...

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

Review of Devla (Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven)

Devla (Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven)

Boban i Marko MarkoviC Orkestar

Piranha CDPIR 2339

Rating: ★★★★

Boban Markovic, one of European music’s top trumpet players, has been playing explosive Balkan Gypsy tunes for longer than almost...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: March/2010

Review of Essential

Essential

Martin Carthy

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

To celebrate the 70th birthday of England's foremost folk singer, the country's most original and innovative guitarist and a man...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2011

Review of Hawaii Memories: Souvenirs d’Hawaii

Hawaii Memories: Souvenirs d’Hawaii

Jan Rap & His Orchestra

Air Mail Music

Rating: ★

It's hard to know what to say about this album, other than that it's traditional Hawaiian hula music aimed squarely...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015

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