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Review of Light

Light

Midival Punditz

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

Midival Punditz consist of Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj, the pioneering electronica artists who have been described as ‘India's Chemical...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Great British Gharana

Great British Gharana

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Milapfest 2 CDs & book

Rating: ★★★★

The idea of a ‘great British gharana’ – a tradition or school of music – was thought up in 2011...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: June/2017

Review of Khamira

Khamira

Khamira

Recordiau Bopa

Rating: ★★★

Khamira is a coming together of Welsh folk and Hindustani classical styles through the unifying medium of jazz. Seven musicians...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2017

Review of Hell on Church Street

Hell on Church Street

Punch Brothers

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

The death of Tony Rice on Christmas Day 2020 robbed bluegrass of one of its most influential musicians. Béla Fleck’s...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Kodama

Kodama

Maïa Barouh

Éditions Saravah

Rating: ★★★

The international debut release from Franco-Japanese singer Maïa Barouh is an eclectic affair and reveals a young and talented artist...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields

Coope, Boyes & Simpson

No Masters

Rating: ★★★★

From the long-established English vocal harmony trio comes an homage to the music and song of World War I, one...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2014

Review of Sunshine Day: The Boyhood Sessions

Sunshine Day: The Boyhood Sessions

Osibisa

Red Steel Music

Rating: ★★★

Richard Linklater spent 12 years making the 2014 movie Boyhood, a remarkable and sprawling investigation of the human condition refracted...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2020

Review of Mezo: Field

Mezo: Field

Félix Lajkô

Fono

Rating: ★★★

Serbian Hungarian Félix Lajkô is one of Europe’s most remarkable violin players – a true virtuoso, but a quixotic and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2014

Review of Night Song

Night Song

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook

Real World Records VINYL REISSUE

Rating: ★★★★

Night Song was the second time the Pakistani devotional qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan had worked with Canadian producer...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2019

Review of The Wayward Tour Live

The Wayward Tour Live

Eliza Carthy & Jim Moray

Scarlet Records

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from Wayward Daughter Eliza Carthy's double-CD Best Of set, The Wayward Tour Live is a CD and DVD...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2015

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