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Review of The Capitol Session ’73

The Capitol Session ’73

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Tuff Gong

Rating: ★★★★

After being unceremoniously dumped from their opening slot on a Sly and the Family Stone tour, Bob Marley and the...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Matjale

Matjale

Thabang Tabane

Mushroom Hour Half Hour

Rating: ★★★

The percussionist Thabang Tabane grew up playing in Molombo, a band from Mamelodi township on the outskirts of Pretoria, led...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2018

Review of Úrnua

Úrnua

Carl Hession, Eimear Coughlan, Francis Cunningham

Úrnua

Rating: ★★★★

The scion of a well-known Count Galway family of traditional musicians, pianist Carl Hession has established himself as a consummate...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Azaadi: Freedom

Azaadi: Freedom

Samia Malik

Ashwood Music

Rating: ★★★

Samia Malik's album is autobiographical, bringing out the personal from the political via a series of original English and Urdu...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: October/2017

Review of No Food Without Taste If By Hunger

No Food Without Taste If By Hunger

The Good Samaritans

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★

Following Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1, which featured three Benin City groups, we are now treated to an album by...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2023

Review of The Turn of the Tide

The Turn of the Tide

Peter Fergus McClelland

Hobgoblin Records

Rating: ★★

This is the second solo album from the Sussex-based folk singer with fingers in many pies. He is the co-founder...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2017

Review of Gabriel Saglio et les Vieilles Pies

Gabriel Saglio et les Vieilles Pies

Gabriel Saglio et les Vieilles Pies

Association LVP

Rating: ★★

World music fusions have often resulted in some pointless sonic stews, and Gabriel Saglio, a Toulouse-based artist, has come up...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Åra

Åra

Erlend Apneseth Trio

Top of the World

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★★

Apneseth is on the move again. His previous albums have investigated a more purist Norwegian folk (even when he's penned...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2018

Review of Couleur

Couleur

Dobet Gnahoré

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★★

Three years after her masterpiece, Miziki, Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré has now taken up the challenge to produce another highly...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Lorin

Lorin

Mizgîn

KOM

Rating: ★★★★

With the Kurdish question still a festering sore in Turkish politics it's hard to discuss this album in purely musical...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: October/2018

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