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Review of Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust &Contempt from the 1920s &1930s

Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust &Contempt from the 1920s &1930s

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Dust to Digital

Rating: ★★★★

Thanks to dedicated researchers like Art Rosenbaum and ardent collectors like John Heneghan, a New York-based musician whose precious library...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2011

Review of La Habana era una Fiesta: Original Recordings From the Golden Age of Cuban Radio

La Habana era una Fiesta: Original Recordings From the Golden Age of Cuban Radio

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Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Spain may have lost Cuba as a colony in 1898 but strong ties remained between the two nations and this...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2011

Review of Ansonia Records Presents – Salsa Con Estilo – Dance Floor Gems from the Vaults: 1950s-1980s

Ansonia Records Presents – Salsa Con Estilo – Dance Floor Gems from the Vaults: 1950s-1980s

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Ansonia Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Even better, certainly in terms of scope, is Ansonia Records Presents – Salsa Con Estilo –Dance Floor Gems from the...

Reviewed by in issue: June/2024

Review of Health is Wealth

Health is Wealth

Macka B

VP Records

Rating: ★

Macka B loves fruit and veg. So much so that the British-born dancehall veteran has released an album in dedication...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018

Review of Mazes

Mazes

Harri Endersby

Ivy Crown Records

Rating: ★★★★

On her second album, Mazes, Harri Endersby subtly blurs the line between traditional and contemporary folk music, with added birdsong...

Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: April/2020

Review of Anclao en Paris

Anclao en Paris

Cuarteto Cedrón

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★

Juan ‘Tata’ Cedrón has been making folk and tango music with one quartet or another since 1964 and has released...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2013

Review of early bird // night owl

early bird // night owl

Dowally

Dowally

Rating: ★★★★

With their third album, early bird // night owl, Dowally deliver yet another exciting and eclectic release. Over the last...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2021

Review of World Affairs

World Affairs

Mpho Majiga

Africantunz Records & Promotions

Rating: ★★

Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018

Review of Całe Szczęście

Całe Szczęście

Mosaik

Verge Sound

Rating: ★★★

Mosaik are a very accomplished Polish folk band who combine Polish traditions with world sounds. On this album we hear...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Autumn's Hymn

Autumn's Hymn

Son of John

Son of John

Rating: ★★★★

Son of John is 24-year-old Jacob Johnson, a fingerstyle guitar player in the mould of Nic Jones or Martin Simpson,...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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