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Review of Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton

Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton

Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This wonderful recording of Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton performing in New York in 1962 begins with a short, sweet...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2020

Review of Avalanche Kaito

Avalanche Kaito

Avalanche Kaito

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

When the first track opens with ominous flat thrums of a bass guitar that make way for dissonant synth tones,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Apocalypse Across the Sky

Apocalypse Across the Sky

The Master Musicians of Jajouka

Zehra VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★★

The story of Jajouka in the West begins with William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin, who were their conduit to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2020

Review of DOD

DOD

Agbeko

Agbeko

Rating: ★★

Mancunian Afrobeat: it's a long way from The Haçienda club, but why not indeed? This 11-piece outfit was named one...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020

Review of Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954

Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

Yet another hefty chunk of plastic from Frémeaux & Associés, this is the fourth volume of a series of compilations...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: March/2011

Review of The Trojan Story

The Trojan Story

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan

Rating: ★★★★★

Despite a series of late 60s chart hits by artists such as Desmond Dekker and Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican music faced...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Terri Kunda

Terri Kunda

Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Conceived during an international Zoom call, this collaboration between US-based pipa virtuoso Gao Hong and London-based kora master Kadialy Kouyate...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: May/2023

Review of This Pale

This Pale

Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi, Shariq Mustafa

Lycopod Records

Rating: ★★

Sufi music exists in various forms in different parts of the Islamic world with differing music and poetry in various...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: December/2021

Review of Rayuela

Rayuela

Cuñao

Cuñao

Rating: ★★

Named after a novel by Julio Cortázar in which the narrative can be read in two different ways, the second...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

Review of Estrela Acesa

Estrela Acesa

Sessa

Top of the World

Mexican Summer

Rating: ★★★★

Estrela Acesa (Burning Star), is Sessa’s second full-length project and the first album out on Mexican Summer. The São Paulo-born...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: August/September/2022

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