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Review of Absolutely The… Uniques

Absolutely The… Uniques

The Uniques

Cherry Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sweet harmonies reign supreme on this previously ultra-rare Trojan release, available now for the first time since 1968. In Jamaica,...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2018

Review of Nosotras Somos

Nosotras Somos

Las Migas

Chesapik

Rating: ★★★

In the male– dominated world of flamenco, all-female groups like Las Migas are still a rarity – even in Catalonia’s...

Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Battleplan

Battleplan

Bella Hardy

Top of the World

Noe Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hardy's fifth album was recorded with her touring band The Midnight Watch: Blazin' Fiddles guitarist Anna Massie; Braebach bassist James...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2013

Review of Sensitive Skin

Sensitive Skin

Kimmo Pohjonen

Top of the World

Octopus/Ondine

Rating: ★★★★★

Finnish accordion adventurer Kimmo Pohjonen says, rather surprisingly, that Sensitive Skin is the first album he has made on which...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2015

Review of Voy

Voy

Nella

IMG/Casa Limón

Rating: ★★★

Latin American music inevitably has an East-West thrust, born in the Old World, forged in the New. Venezuelan singer Marianella...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Wrackline

Wrackline

Fay Hield

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fay Hield has a fine pedigree as a solo artist, with her previous album, 2016’s Old Adam, taking a deep...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2020

Review of Mali Denhou

Mali Denhou

Boubacar Traore

Top of the World

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

With both Ali Farka Touré and Lobi Traoré gone, Boubacar Traore must now be Mali’s pre-eminent bluesman. Approaching 70, his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2011

Review of Ramblin Feels Good

Ramblin Feels Good

Jeff Scroggins & Colorado

Jeff Scroggins

Rating: ★★★

This is a fine showcase for the hard-driving mainstream bluegrass fare upon which Scroggins and Colorado have established a solid...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2016

Review of The Ravishing Genius of Bones

The Ravishing Genius of Bones

Brian Finnegan

Singing Tree Music

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the tin whistle is a poor man's instrument will have their preconceptions shattered...

Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Voice of Flowers: Spring Ragas from India

Voice of Flowers: Spring Ragas from India

Baluji Shrivastav

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Baluji Shrivastav is a UK-based Indian classical musician who, although blind from the age of eight months, has gone on...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2021

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