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Review of Daqa'iq Tudaiq

Daqa'iq Tudaiq

Jerusalem in My Heart

Constellation Records

Rating: ★★★★

Away from his work with various North American alt-rock bands such as Suuns and BIG|BRAVE, the Canadian-based composer/producer Radwan Ghazi...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018

Review of Bays

Bays

Fat Freddys Drop

The Drop

Rating: ★★★★

Aotearoa's (or New Zealand's) hi-tech, self-described ‘seven-headed soul monster’ doesn’t make studio albums in any sort of haste. This eagerly...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Lost

Lost

FitkinWall

Top of the World

GFR

Rating: ★★★★

For this new recording with her partner Graham Fitkin, Scottish harpist Ruth Wall employs both Gaelic wire-strung harp and concert...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2016

Review of London Calling

London Calling

London Klezmer Quartet

EthnoMusic

Rating: ★★★

The occasionally forced-sounding jollity of some klezmer might make it a bit of an acquired taste for many, but this...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2014

Review of Dingue Marrow

Dingue Marrow

Mohsen Sharifian and Lian Music Band

Honar Shahr

Rating: ★★★

A recent trend among popular musicians in Iran has been the creation of fusions of various kinds, including mixing traditional...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: May/2016

Review of African Anthology: African Guitars

African Anthology: African Guitars

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

The task of selecting songs for compilation albums of the Lusafrica label is probably not too difficult, due to the...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of This House Will Stand

This House Will Stand

Oysterband

Navigator Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

For this Best Of set, Oysterband have compiled a disc of choice cuts from across their late-90s and post-2000s career,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2016

Review of Strangers

Strangers

The Young'Uns

Hereteu Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Teesside vocal trio of Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes have captured hearts – and awards – with...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: November/2017

Review of Canaich

Canaich

Duncan Chisholm

Copperfish Records CPFCD004

Rating: ★★★★

As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010

Review of Jiw

Jiw

Sahad & the Nataal Patchwork

Patch World Production

Rating: ★★★

It took eight years of personal introspection and musical exploration for the Dakar-based Sahad Sarr to bring out his debut...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2017

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