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Review of Wagadu Grooves Vol 2: the Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1991-2014

Wagadu Grooves Vol 2: the Hypnotic Sound of Camara 1991-2014

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Hot Mule Records

Rating: ★★★

Gaye Mody Camara has had a remarkable career. A young Malian who moved to France in 1977, he started out...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025

Review of A Fiestar

A Fiestar

Andy Gola & Colé Colé Orquesta

Tumi Music

Rating: ★★★

With a horn section like Earth Wind & Fire on amphetamines, furious percussion, a wailing guitar and potent vocals, the...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025

Review of Wild and Clear and Blue

Wild and Clear and Blue

I’m With Her

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

What started out in 2014 looking like a one-off or short-lived supergroup of Americana singer-songwriters – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2025

Review of L’Nu’k Mawiejik

L’Nu’k Mawiejik

Sacred Wolf Singers x Simon Walls

Atty Records

Rating: ★★★

This collaboration between Tee Cloud, founder of the Indigenous Sacred Wolf Singers, and the Canadian singer-songwriter and producer Simon Walls...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2025

Review of Salsa de la Bahia: A Collection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz

Salsa de la Bahia: A Collection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz

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Patois Records

Rating: ★★★★

In this double-disc third volume of the Salsa de la Bahia series, documentary-maker and timbales-player Rita Hargreaves highlights the contributions...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2025

Review of Children of Albion

Children of Albion

Ben Edge

Glass Modern

Rating: ★★★

Artist Ben Edge released his absorbing large-format compendium of British folk customs last year, featuring vivid narrative artworks and first-person...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2025

Review of Daydreaming

Daydreaming

María López

Segell Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

María López is a musical prodigy. She comes from Galicia, on the Atlantic coast of northwest Spain, and although she...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: June/2025

Review of Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin

Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin

Pauanne

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★★

Joku Raja Rakkaudesakin (Even Love Should Have Its Limits) – a phrase the Finnish folk duo of violinist Kukka Lehto...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: June/2025

Review of Live in Somerset

Live in Somerset

Steve Knightley

Hands On Music

Rating: ★★★★

Live in Somerset might not sound very rock‘n’roll. But Steve Knightley is a true stadium star of West Country venues...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011

Review of Red Hot + Fela

Red Hot + Fela

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Knitting Factory Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is the latest in the series of albums that the Red Hot organisation have released to raise money and...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

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