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Review of Clap & Applause

Clap & Applause

Coreyah

Plankton Music

Rating: ★★★★

From K-drama on Netflix to K-beauty in Boots, South Korea has been on a remarkable rise to prominence in the...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: November/2020

Review of The Innocent Left

The Innocent Left

Gilmore & Roberts

Navigator

Rating: ★★★

Following on from their 2008 debut, Shadow and Half Light, and 2010’s Up From The Deep, the duo’s third album...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Codex

Codex

Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

Flowfish Records

Rating: ★★

Life can be tough as a percussionist, particularly if you’re a solo artist. Live performance is one thing, but getting...

Reviewed by Laudan Nooshin in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of If You See a Rook on Its Own, It’s a Crow

If You See a Rook on Its Own, It’s a Crow

Elle Osborne

Elle Osborne

Rating: ★★★★

Lincolnshire-born singer and fiddle player Elle Osborne first hit the folk scene with her 2000 debut Testimony. This was followed...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of One Day Band Vol 1

One Day Band Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trestle Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

What can you achieve in one day? This is the question posed by Trestle Records in East London with their...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: April/2020

Review of Watching the Well

Watching the Well

Jon Thorne & Danny Thompson

Naim

Rating: ★★★★

Naim is a jazz label with an outstanding contemporary artist roster and a reputation for top-flight sound quality and production....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of The Book of Transfigurations

The Book of Transfigurations

Dálava

Songlines Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

American singer Julia Úlehla and guitarist Aram Bajakian are the core of Dálava, a Vancouver-based collective. Their source material lies...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017

Review of L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves

L'Amazone: Le Chant des Fleuves

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Top of the World

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★★

The Amazon has been imagined as a tree, its trunk passing from Brazil through Colombia and into Peru, with branches...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2020

Review of Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil – Hip-Hop, Beats, Afro & Dub

Daora: Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil – Hip-Hop, Beats, Afro & Dub

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Mais Um Discos (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

When it comes to cinema, ‘urban’ may be a synonym for gritty andmonochromatic, but that is most certainly not the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2013

Review of Sofa

Sofa

MiraMundo

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★★

If ever you've sat around with friends messing around on instruments, no matter the level of your expertise (or inexpertise,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2019

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