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Review of Awake in a Dream

Awake in a Dream

Meszecsinka

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★

Meszecsinka feature Hungarian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Polish musicians coming together to create a fusion that has been labelled ‘psychedelic, new...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017

Review of Babel Fish

Babel Fish

Amariszi

AAC Records

Rating: ★★★

The Dutch band Amariszi have been playing Balkan-inspired pop music for the past decade and Babel Fish is their third...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2017

Review of Erguvan

Erguvan

DEM Ensemble

Top of the World

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

This album consists mostly of folk repertoire from the Aegean region of Turkey, collected in the field by musicologist Ali...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Bush Lady

Bush Lady

Alanis Obomsawin

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

At last! The legendary and long out-of-print album Bush Lady, Alanis Obomsawin's first and only music recording, is getting the...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Will You?

Will You?

Shujaat Husain Khan, Kevin Hays, Katayoun Goudarzi, Tim Ries & Dibyarka Chatterjee

Tames Records

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps there is something about the texts of the great Persian-language poet Rumi that chime with the times we are...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2017

Review of Self Preservation Society

Self Preservation Society

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ECC Records (triple vinyl/USB stick)

Rating: ★★★

Three years in the making, these three vinyl discs contain new versions of classic prog, folk and psychedelic rock tunes...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2018

Review of Dawn

Dawn

Magos & Limón

Okeh Records

Rating: ★★★★

Javier Limón, from Madrid, is best known as a flamenco guitarist and producer for the likes of Paco de Lucía...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Anomaly

Anomaly

Jasdeep Singh Degun

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the first solo release from the British sitarist and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun. It features a large cast...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2022

Review of Supertraditionellt Material

Supertraditionellt Material

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album is a breaking open of the treasure chest of the Caprice Records archive, curated by Swedish folk musicians...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2020

Review of Start

Start

Félix Lajkó

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★

From the very first note, there's no mistaking that this is a Félix Lajkó album. The opening chord is the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021

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