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Review of Songs for You

Songs for You

Brigid Mae Power

BMP

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded as a tribute to Power’s late father, Songs for You is a touchingly heartfelt collection of covers. Harbach &...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2025

Review of Yarın Yoksa

Yarın Yoksa

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

Big Crown Records

Rating: ★★★

Fans of groove-laden psyche will love this offering from these boundary-defying purveyors of vintage-style Anatolian soul. The silky vocals of...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2025

Review of Orchestrations

Orchestrations

Guy Buttery

Top of the World

Guy Buttery

Rating: ★★★★★

Buttery has pursued a more eclectic approach to incorporating global styles into his guitar playing than his fellow South African...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2025

Review of Jazz is Dead JID022

Jazz is Dead JID022

Ebo Taylor, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Jazz is Dead

Rating: ★★★

In 2022 and at 86-years-old, Ebo Taylor performed in the US for the first time. Already a legend of highlife...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: April/2025

Review of Tears of Injustice

Tears of Injustice

Mdou Moctar

Matador Records

Rating: ★★★

Mdou Moctar, dubbed ‘the Hendrix of the Sahara’ for his blistering electric guitar riffs, has, on this acoustic companion piece...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: February/March/2025

Review of New Music for the Harp of Avalon

New Music for the Harp of Avalon

Fane

Fane

Rating: ★★★

New Music for the Harp of Avalon is the latest release from Brighton-based musician and producer Fane. Where Fane’s previous...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Violet Sky

Violet Sky

Helen Gentile & Lewis Wood

Grimdon Records

Rating: ★★★★

Helen Gentile (Monkey See Monkey Do) and Lewis Wood (Granny’s Attic) reunite for Violet Sky, their second album of original...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Return to Kielderside

Return to Kielderside

Kathryn Tickell

Top of the World

Resilient Records

Rating: ★★★★★

When she was 16 Kathryn Tickell borrowed a tape recorder and spent a weekend in her parents’ kitchen with friends...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller

Qui Omple Un Estadi No És Pas Un Graller

Trèvol

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

Trèvol present themselves as a young quartet picking on traditional instruments and repertoire, while inserting jazz, pop and folk elements....

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Tapestry

Tapestry

Vazesh

Earshift Music

Rating: ★★★

Vazesh is an Australia-based trio that brings together an unexpected combination of instruments. At the heart of the sound is...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: February/March/2025

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