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Review of Miramar

Miramar

Júlia Colom

La Castanya

Rating: ★★★★

The traditions of few places in Europe have been as overwritten as those of the Balearic island of Mallorca. Even...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Guzo

Guzo

Samuel Yirga

Top of the World

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

It's not often that one is greeted by such a strong debut, so effortlessly shot through with intelligence and creativity....

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of As the World Turns

As the World Turns

Black Uhuru

Black Uhuru Official

Rating: ★★★

Plenty has happened to the world in the 15 years since Black Uhuru last released a studio album – much...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Las Bases del Razonamiento

Las Bases del Razonamiento

Sonido Vegetal

Maldito Digital

Rating: ★★★★

For the most part, Sonido Vegetal seem to be part of the great line of Spanish ska-punk bands, but their...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Anna & Elizabeth

Anna & Elizabeth

Anna & Elizabeth

Top of the World

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Like a long-lost Coen Brothers soundtrack, this album opens to the old-time sounds of the Southern cotton fields. Drenched in...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2015

Review of Mischief In The Musitorium

Mischief In The Musitorium

Funkwrench Blues

Need To Know Music

Rating: ★★★★

Frank Swart is an American maverick. A bass player and producer, he has worked and played with blues, rock and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: October/2025

Review of Mundum Renovavit

Mundum Renovavit

Windstreken

I-C-U-B4-T

Rating: ★★★

The Dutch word windstreken can be translated as ‘points of the wind’ and ‘corners of the world’. The ensemble consists...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of A Thousand Butterflies

A Thousand Butterflies

Aftab Darvishi

30M Records

Rating: ★★★★

A Thousand Butterflies resembles a sonic personal essay, narrating both the musical adventures of the composer through her life. Aftab...

Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: November/2022

Review of Tales from the Barrel House

Tales from the Barrel House

Seth Lakeman

Top of the World

Honour Oak Records

Rating: ★★★★

Morwellham, on Devon's side of the Tamar river, is a treasure-trove of industrial archaeology, a World Heritage site that contains...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds

Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Sounds

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

A few months after completing filming for yet another major musicological project, multi-instrumentalist-folklorist Mike Seeger discontinued treatment he had been...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2020

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