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Review of The Light of the Moon

The Light of the Moon

Gnoss

Blackfly Records

Rating: ★★★★

Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2021

Review of Rivers from Ogun

Rivers from Ogun

Ticora

Inouie

Rating: ★★★

The French-Swiss quartet of organist Cédric Schaerer, drummer Hadrien Santos Da Silva, tenor sax player Arthur Donnot and guitarist Erwan...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of La Confusion

La Confusion

Amadou & Mariam

Because Music

Rating: ★★

The ninth studio album from the blind Malian duo opens with ‘Bofou Safou’, a disco-fied electro-pop excursion that you'd be...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017

Review of Blue Skies

Blue Skies

Mountain Heart

Compass Records

Rating: ★★

Longtime band members Josh Shilling (guitar, piano and vocals) and Aaron Ramsey (mandolin, bass, vocals) have invited a few guests...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2016

Review of The Livelong Day

The Livelong Day

Lankum

Top of the World

Rough Trade Records

Rating: ★★★★

The outstanding ten minutes of ‘The Wild Rover’ dominates this third album from Ireland's most significant band. Drawing on the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)

Umoyo Wa Muthempire (Live in the Temple)

Tonga Boys feat Doctor Kanuska Group

1000Hz Records

Rating: ★★★★

For those in the Malawian countryside, the Tonga Boys from Mzuzu are a band from the big city and the...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Hotline

Hotline

Aidan O’Rourke

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is an ambitious and impressive suite, as much jazz as it is folk. As a member of Lau, and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Review of The Boston States

The Boston States

Katie McNally Trio

Katie McNally

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this album refers to the moniker given to the greater metro area of Boston in the 19th...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2017

Review of Seasons of India

Seasons of India

Baluji Shrivastav

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

The premise of this disc is a journey by raga through a year of seasons, from monsoon to summer. This...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: May/2020

Review of Fongola

Fongola

KOKOKO!

Top of the World

Transgressive Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The most exciting thing about this Kinshasa collective is the extraordinary alchemy by which they turn pure building blocks of...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2019

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