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Review of Carvings

Carvings

Juni Habel

Top of the World

Basin Rock

Rating: ★★★★★

Norwegian guitarist and singer Juni Habel caused a quiet stir with her debut, with some quarters likening her to Nick...

Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: April/2023

Review of Né La Thiass

Né La Thiass

Cheikh Lô

Top of the World

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

Remastered and reissued for this year's Record Store Day in April, and now available on vinyl as well as on...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2018

Review of Coat-Tails Flying

Coat-Tails Flying

John Kirkpatrick

Fledg''ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017

Review of Kokuma

Kokuma

Gambari Band

Top of the World

Membran

Rating: ★★★★

The Germany-based Membran is the new home of Christian Scholze's ground-breaking Network label, which did so much to put African...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016

Review of Indio de Apartamento

Indio de Apartamento

Vinicius Cantuaria

Naïve

Rating: ★★★★

An estranged cousin to last year’s Bill Frisell link-up, Lágrimas Mexicanas, this album is one that demands patience and time...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Wood, Wire & Words

Wood, Wire & Words

Norman Blake

Plectraphone

Rating: ★★★

A mere four decades after his last album of original songs was released (1974's Fields of November), Norman Blake gives...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of E-and’a

E-and’a

Darol Anger

Adventure Music

Rating: ★★

At the risk of sounding like a reverse snob, it seems to be a rule of thumb now that if...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: June/2014

Review of Life’s What You Make It

Life’s What You Make It

VARIOUS ARTISTS

LUSH

Rating: ★★★★

In 2018, Lush co-founder Mark Constantine released a triple-vinyl set, Self Preservation Society, featuring new versions of classic rock/pop from...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2022

Review of Canta Cartola

Canta Cartola

Teresa Cristina

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cartola was perhaps the most exhilarating of all samba songwriters. Not the kind of samba like the frantic dance...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Immeasurable Light

Immeasurable Light

Wu Man & Kronos Quartet

Top of the World

Traditional Crossroads

Rating: ★★★★★

One might have thought that the prolific Wu Man – who more or less single-handedly introduced the Chinese pipa lute...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

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