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Review of Kizaki Ondo

Kizaki Ondo

Kizaki Ondo Preservation Society, Clark Naito

em records

Rating: ★★★

‘Kizaki Ondo’ is an Edo-period folk song that originated in the bustling post town of Nitta Kizakicho, Gunma Prefecture. It...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: July/2019

Review of Live Wires

Live Wires

Söndörgő

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Having spent too long wandering in debilitating heat to track down the Tambura Museum in Slavonski Brod (in eastern Croatia),...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: December/2016

Review of New Found Land

New Found Land

FatDog

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

FatDog were born one night in the summer of 2011 on the Swedish Koster Islands, where jazz trio Fattigfolket and...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Wild Kingdom

Wild Kingdom

Hot Club of Cowtown

Gold Strike Records

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone who isn't able to catch the Texan trio on their UK tour this November can console themselves with this,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2019

Review of Tuneship

Tuneship

Daimh

Goat Island Music

Rating: ★★★★

Daimh have long been regarded as one of the most exciting Gaelic bands on the live scene. Tuneship sees the...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2014

Review of Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

Admirers of 70s African music are living in high-cotton times, thanks to admirably dogged labels like Soundway and Analog Africa....

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Prince Buster Shakedown

Prince Buster Shakedown

The Dualers

Phoenix City Records

Rating: ★★

During the 2-Tone wave that hit the UK in the late 1970s, covering Prince Buster tracks – as The Specials...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Curyman

Curyman

Rogê

Diamond West

Rating: ★★★★

A cursory listen to these 11 tracks suggests a lost classic from the golden age of Música Popular Brasileira. But...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023

Review of Gambit

Gambit

Ollie King

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Like many a young musician, the melodeon player and singer Ollie King also teaches. One of the subjects he offers...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Casa de Fado

Casa de Fado

Maria Emília

Valentim Carvalho

Rating: ★★★

There is a long road ahead of Maria Emília, and that means that the young fadista can aspire to become...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2019

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