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Review of Don Letts Presents: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown Vol 2

Don Letts Presents: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

Don Letts hosts an enjoyably eclectic radio show on BBC 6Music and is something of an icon of the late-70s...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015

Review of Kijombo

Kijombo

Yasser Thejeda & Palotré

Yasser Thejeda & Palotré

Rating: ★★★★

One might start by pointing out that the musicianship on this recording, the second from this joint Dominican and New...

Reviewed by Michael Galea in issue: April/2020

Review of Yeni Dunya

Yeni Dunya

Light in Babylon

Light In Babylon

Rating: ★★★★

Honed on the streets of Istanbul, the message of Light in Babylon comes out loud and clear, across time and...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: April/2017

Review of Makindu

Makindu

Makindu

Wahever Records

Rating: ★★★

Formed by tabla player Randeep Kaur Bilkhu and clarinettist Timothy Wall, Makindu are named after a town in Kenya where...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Ceilidh

Ceilidh

Tickled Pink

Rooksmere Records

Rating: ★★

Ceilidh, the third album from the self¬proclaimed enfants terribles of the English folk-dance scene, is a curious beast. Opening with...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Viaje a la Amistad: La Habana, Paris, Caracas

Viaje a la Amistad: La Habana, Paris, Caracas

Gérard Naulet, Orlando Valle, Orlando Poleo & Friends

Ad Lib Productions

Rating: ★★★★

The trope of a viaje a la amistad – a ‘journey to friendship’ – is integral to Latin American music,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018

Review of This House Will Stand

This House Will Stand

Oysterband

Navigator Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

For this Best Of set, Oysterband have compiled a disc of choice cuts from across their late-90s and post-2000s career,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2016

Review of Apparition

Apparition

Jambinai

Top of the World

Bella Union

Rating: ★★★★★

Jambinai's follow-up to the magnificent Onda may be short, but it's another exhilarating and intriguing offering from the deserved winners...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2022

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

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