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Review of Zoot!

Zoot!

The Grass Mountain Hobos

Grass Mountain Hobos

Rating: ★★

The prose of their website links this new sextet from Prince Edward Island with ‘a time when pleasure usurped profession...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Small Island Big Song

Small Island Big Song

Small Island Big Song

Top of the World

Small Island

Rating: ★★★★★

A little idea that's grown into a large project, Small Island Big Song is the brainchild of Australian sound producer...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2018

Review of Dil

Dil

Shujaat Husain Khan

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

The family style of the late sitar legend Vilayat Khan is renowned for its gayaki, a vocalised style of playing...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Sea Song Sessions

Sea Song Sessions

Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman & Jack Rutter

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

All aboard with the salty crew of Jon Boden, Seth Lakeman, Ben Nicholls, Emily Portman and Jack Rutter, launching the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022

Review of Aqui

Aqui

Carla Pires

Ocarina Music

Rating: ★★★

This is Carla Pires’ third solo album, though she has notched up many other achievements in a career that stretches...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: December/2016

Review of Banda Dois

Banda Dois

Gilberto Gil

Warner Music 256468258

Rating: ★★★★

Having quit formal politics and swapped President Lula and Brasilia for a return to the international circuit, Gil presents us...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: July/2010

Review of Zimbabwe Awake Vol 1

Zimbabwe Awake Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sheer Publishing

Rating: ★★★

Whatever view one takes of Robert Mugabe's political leadership, there is no question that the world's media provides a very...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Beyond the Blue

Beyond the Blue

Brain Damage meets Big Youth

Jarring Effects

Rating: ★★★★

Jamaican toasting legend Big Youth collaborates here with travelling French producers Brain Damage and Sam Clayton Jr in a heady...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Quachatta

Quachatta

Samech

Tzadik Records

Rating: ★★★

This Polish-Jewish four-piece takes its name from the Hebrew letter Samec, a circle that represents infinity. The band’s website tells...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Imphilo

Imphilo

Bholoja

Top of the World

One World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Even though Swaziland has been renamed Eswatini, Bholoja – real name Mbongiseni Ngubane – remains the king of ‘Swazi Soul’,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/February/2024

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