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Review of The Father of Libyan Reggae

The Father of Libyan Reggae

Ibrahim Hesnawi

Habibi Funk

Rating: ★★★★

Often artists may be hailed as originators of a certain musical style when actually, it’s a matter of taste and/or...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: December/2023

Review of Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord

Ballads: Murder, pIntrigue, Love, Discord

Alistair Anderson | Ewan MacColl | Jackie Daly | Louis Killen | Peter Bellamy | Scan Tester | The McPeake Family

Topic TSCD126

Rating: ★★★★

Topic continue to mark their 70th anniversary with the release of seven classic albums from their catalogue in sumptuously packaged...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Old Wow

Old Wow

Sam Lee

Top of the World

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★★★

‘The old wow never wears thin,’ Sam Lee sings in ‘The Garden of England’, the opening track of his prodigiously...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2020

Review of Paseo a Dos

Paseo a Dos

Dorantes & Renaud Garcia-Fons

E-Motive Records

Rating: ★★★★

There are some collaborations that work so well you wish they were permanent. One reason for the success of this...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: July/2016

Review of Wood Works

Wood Works

The Danish String Quartet

Da Capo

Rating: ★★★★

This is the not the first jazz or folk release from a classical string quartet that started life as an...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2014

Review of Overheard

Overheard

Ruby Colley

Ruby Colley

Rating: ★★★★

Birdsong features on a range of recent folk-inflected albums – our avian friends are the exotic new back-ups (although solo...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2022

Review of Tinn Tout

Tinn Tout

Danyèl Waro

Top of the World

Cobalt/Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★★

Danyèl Waro has spent the past 45 years becoming the international ambassador of maloya, the revolutionary roots music of the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Review of The Lines We Draw Together

The Lines We Draw Together

Rowan Rheingans

Top of the World

Red Dress Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Sheffield fiddler, banjoist and songwriter taps into the rich new vein of folk music with theatre, historical memoir, poetry...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2019

Review of Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

Mississippi Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Tsege-Mariam Gebru is an emahoy (sister) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, living a hermetic life in Jerusalem at 99 years...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2023

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

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