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Review of Two Fine Days

Two Fine Days

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Fellside

Rating: ★★★

Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

Review of Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr

Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr

Lleuwen

Sain Records

Rating: ★★★★

Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr opens with ‘Myn Mair’, a prayer that is at least 500 years old, sung on the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019

Review of Tsuker-zis

Tsuker-zis

Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg

Tzadik TZ 8141

Rating: ★★★★

Lorin Sklamberg (The Klezmatics) and Frank London (Klezmer Brass Allstars) collaborate here yet again, on Tsuker-zis (Sugar-Sweet). Both musicians have...

Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Até Pensei que Fosse Minha

Até Pensei que Fosse Minha

António Zambujo

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

There is one piece of advice that everyone should follow: never meet your heroes. Fortunately, António Zambujo ignored that and...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2017

Review of Brazilian Landscapes

Brazilian Landscapes

Michala Petri, Marilyn Mazur, Daniel Murray

OUR Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

This decidedly erudite CD is like a classically tinged Codona trio album for the new millennium. Like Don Cherry and...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2017

Review of Bhattacharya/Grønseth/Wessel

Bhattacharya/Grønseth/Wessel

Bhattacharya/Grønseth/Wessel

Pling Music

Rating: ★★★★

The dialogue between Hindustani classical and jazz music has a storied past. This latest effort to expand the lexicon draws...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2017

Review of Still

Still

Richard Thompson

Fantasy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Working with producer Jeff Tweedy, singer of the rootsy American indie band Wilco, Richard Thompson has taken a swerve in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Bu Bir Ruya

Bu Bir Ruya

Dirtmusic

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Dirtmusic duo has now become a trio, with guitarists Hugo Race and Chris Eckman being joined by saz (lute)...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2018

Review of The Berlin Session

The Berlin Session

Dur-Dur Band Int.

Outhere Records

Rating: ★★

In the 1980s, Dur-Dur Band were one of Somalia's biggest groups, in high demand and performing their uniquely Somali disco...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2023

Review of Helen Nkume & Her Young Timers Band

Helen Nkume & Her Young Timers Band

Helen Nkume

Dig This Way Records

Rating: ★★★

Helen Nkume was approaching her thirties when she began her musical career in the early 1970s. Before the decade was...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2023

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