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Review of Sweet England

Sweet England

Shirley Collins

Fledgling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Released in 1959 on Argo, this album comes from the beginning of the folk revival, and Fledgling’s remaster from the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of The Sound of Silk

The Sound of Silk

Li Xiangting & Cheng Yu

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Li Xiangting is without doubt one of the few bona fide guqin (Chinese zither) masters of his generation. Not only...

Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: October/2019

Review of Dois Selos e um Carimbo

Dois Selos e um Carimbo

Deolinda

Top of the World

World Connection WC 43088

Rating: ★★★★

How can you top a debut album that has spent over 100 weeks in the Portuguese charts, powered by the...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2010

Review of Gabru Panjab Dha

Gabru Panjab Dha

JK

VIP Records

Rating: ★★★★

There is more JK than meet the eye. At first glance, the blinged-up boy who graces the cover of this...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

World Spirituality Classics, Volume 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

Alice Coltrane

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★

Alice Coltrane's career, following the death of her husband, the legendary John, was remarkable for its dedication to the kind...

Reviewed by James Catchpole in issue: July/2017

Review of Pandemic Songs

Pandemic Songs

Robb Johnson

Irregular Records

Rating: ★★

Johnson is an English singersongwriter who wears his heart on his sleeve and always fights the good fight. His forefathers...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2020

Review of Wiyaala

Wiyaala

Wiyaala

Djimba World Records

Rating: ★★★

Known as ‘The Lioness of Africa’ Wiyaala grew up in a small village in the Upper West region of Ghana....

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2016

Review of Songs from Aulejas

Songs from Aulejas

Tautumeitas

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★

This album of 16 a capella songs comes out of a doctoral thesis by Latvian musicologist Asnate Rancâne who studied...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2020

Review of The Faster it Goes

The Faster it Goes

The Railsplitters

Railsplitters

Rating: ★★★★

Within the first few bars of ‘Tilt-a-Whirl’, the opening track of The Railsplitters’ second album, you hear pitch-perfect harmony singing,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Rainbow Crow

Rainbow Crow

Shankara Andy Bole

Left Leg Records

Rating: ★★

Is meandering a crime when it comes to music? There's a difference between inventive improvisation and going round in circles....

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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