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Review of Honkytonk Heartbreaker

Honkytonk Heartbreaker

The Backyard Devils

Independent Artist

Rating: ★★★

This is the second full-length album by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia-based bluegrass barnstormers The Backyard Devils. Released in the US...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2017

Review of Mapendo

Mapendo

The Mighty Cavaliers

Want Some Records

Rating: ★★★★

50 years ago, the Starlight Club in Nairobi was one of the hottest nightspots in East Africa, a venue that...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2023

Review of Cinnamon Flower

Cinnamon Flower

The Charlie Rouse Band

Resonance Records

Rating: ★★★★

For over a decade, Charlie Rouse’s tenor sax graced Thelonious Monk’s quartet during the final chapter of the pianist’s career....

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2025

Review of Native North America Vol 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country 1966-1985

Native North America Vol 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock and Country 1966-1985

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Light in the Attic Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★

The lack of respect or choice given to the original inhabitants of the US would have crushed lesser peoples....

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Ghazalaw

Ghazalaw

Ghazalaw

Top of the World

Marvels of the Universe/Theatr Mwldan

Rating: ★★★★

A series of mash-ups might seem like a flimsy basis for an album, but on Ghazalaw's debut a prince among...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2015

Review of Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Vol 2 – Yet and Still

Too Sad For the Public | Too Sad for the Public

StorySound Records

Rating: ★★★★

The latest album by Too Sad for the Public, the dynamic musical aggregation led by composer/songwriter/producer Dick Connette, serves as...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2023

Review of Some People I Know

Some People I Know

The Brother Brothers

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

It should perhaps come as no surprise that Brooklyn-based identical twins Adam and David Moss, who both have their own...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2019

Review of Already Home

Already Home

The Rheingans Sisters

Top of the World

RootBeat

Rating: ★★★★★

Anna and Rowan Rheingans were born in Sheffield and grew up in the Peak District, daughters of a violin-maker whose...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Get a Life

Get a Life

The Warren G Hardings

Warren G Hardings

Rating: ★★★

Warren G Harding is an odd name to choose for a band name. History regards that particular US president as...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Growing Upward

Growing Upward

Rupa & the April Fishes

Electric Gumbo Radio Music DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

Rupa & the April Fishes are back after a long break. The San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter, doctor and...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: July/2019

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