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Review of Filament

Filament

Shankar Tucker

Shrutibox Music

Rating: ★★★★

In 2010, an American clarinettist began to compose original semi-classical Indian pieces for the clarinet. Under the tutelage of the...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2015

Review of Cera Perdida

Cera Perdida

Frente Cumbiero

Top of the World

Salgaelsol & Biche

Rating: ★★★★

Since their inception a decade ago, Bogotá-based Colombian cumbia pioneers Frente Cumbiero have been a force to be reckoned with....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2021

Review of Dubbing with Anansi

Dubbing with Anansi

Mad Professor

Ariwa

Rating: ★★★

Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser returns with another dub album, a medium in which this apprentice of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry seems...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2015

Review of Dedication

Dedication

DAM

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★★

Palestine's first ever hip-hop group, DAM (meaning ‘It Lasted’ in Arabic) has finally reached Western shores with two of their...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: October/2017

Review of Encore

Encore

Joseph Spence

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Encore was recorded in 1965 at a live concert in New York and during informal home-recording sessions by producer Peter...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2021

Review of Periphery

Periphery

Priya Darshini

Chesky Records

Rating: ★★

Priya Darshini is a US-based singer from South Asia who draws on an eclectic range of musical influences. This is...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2020

Review of Salvavidas de Hielo

Salvavidas de Hielo

Jorge Drexler

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

Is it possible that Drexler has found the perfect way of describing his music with the title of his latest...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2018

Review of 30 Years Live!

30 Years Live!

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

If Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys are a new band to you, then you probably haven't listened to much,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2019

Review of These Changing Skies

These Changing Skies

Elephant Revival

Top of the World

Itz Evolving Records

Rating: ★★★★

Like an Americanised version of Pentangle, Elephant Revival apply Superior instrumental acumen, idiosyncratic style, and a knack for compelling writing...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Romology

Romology

Kal

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Belgrade’s Kal – who consist essentially of guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Dragan Ristic and various sidemen – attracted much attention...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2014

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