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Review of Inn of Love

Inn of Love

Melike

Home Records

Rating: ★★

There seems to be a growing fashion for young female singers of Turkish origin to be accompanied by European jazz...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Summer in Lviv

Summer in Lviv

The Ukrainians

Zirka Records

Rating: ★★

It's 30 years since the creation of The Ukrainians, a unique phenomenon of British-indie-rock-meets-Ukrainian-tradition. It began with guitarist Peter Solowka...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2019

Review of Ancoradouro

Ancoradouro

Vila Navio

Vila Navio

Rating: ★★

It is no minor achievement to have secured the blessing of Fausto Bordalo Dias. He is a key figure in...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: November/2016

Review of Eponymous

Eponymous

Mario Batkovic

Invada Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the debut album from a Swiss-based, Bosnian-born accordionist, who was signed by Geoff Barrow (of Portishead) to his...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017

Review of Meeting of the Legends

Meeting of the Legends

Lee Boice & Sultan Khan

Mystica Music

Rating: ★★

These are two immensely talented musicians, each highly regarded in their own fields, and it really shows in the playing...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2014

Review of Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol 1

Eze-Nri Royal Drummers Vol 1

Eze-Nri Royal Drummers

BBE Records

Rating: ★★

This is a live recording of an investiture ceremony of an Eze-Nri king. The Nri kingdom of the Igbo people...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: April/2020

Review of Wild Cursive of Snowland

Wild Cursive of Snowland

Reba Jicun

Stallion Era Beijing

Rating: ★★★★

Reba Jicun’s debut album is a stunning blend of traditional Tibetan opera, rock, metal and Buddhist chanting. Jicun’s musical journey...

Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: September/2024

Review of I’m Jimmy Reed

I’m Jimmy Reed

Jimmy Reed

Craft Recordings / Bluesville

Rating: ★★★★★

It’s routinely hailed as the first great blues album but, as was the case with most bluesmen of his generation,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: January/2025

Review of Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain

Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain

VARIOUS ARTISTS

FLEE

Rating: ★★★

FLEE Project are known for their work in presenting traditional musics raw, and then calling on contemporary musicians to recontextualise...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: January/2025

Review of Another Mississippi Sunday Morning

Another Mississippi Sunday Morning

Parchman Prison Prayer

Glitterbeat GmbH

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded by inmates of Mississippi’s Parchman Prison alongside Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan, this album picks up where 2023’s Some Mississippi...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2025

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