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Review of State and Ancientry

State and Ancientry

Hannah James & Sam Sweeney

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

They've played together as a duo for a decade now. But these former Kerfuffle members keep busy: Sam Sweeney is...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2012

Review of Gisela João

Gisela João

Gisela João

Top of the World

Edições Valentim de Carvalho

Rating: ★★★★★

There is an infallible method to tell apart a remarkable singer from a merely very good one. Let's call it...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2015

Review of Skywire

Skywire

JPP

JPP

Rating: ★★★★

As a live experience, JPP are hard to beat. They’ve been together for over 30 years, having grown up in...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Thread

Thread

Sally Anne Morgan

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★★

Vocalist and multiinstrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan is one of the central figures in a tidal movement among young(er) Appalachian and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Fireside Stories

Fireside Stories

Trevor Beales

Basin Rock

Rating: ★★★★★

Fireside Stories is an album that could break your heart. First and foremost, it's astonishingly beautiful. With expertly finger-picked guitar,...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023

Review of A Long Engagement

A Long Engagement

Nickodemus

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★

New York DJ Nickodemus has never been one to stay isolated in the Big Apple. Drawing upon a myriad of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2018

Review of We are the Halluci Nation

We are the Halluci Nation

A Tribe Called Red

Radicalized Records

Rating: ★★★

A Tribe Called Red are at it again, transforming spiritual pow-wow vocals into slick, at times intense melodies that ride...

Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of My Love and Music

My Love and Music

Ebo Taylor

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★

He may be 80 this year and still touring, but this pair of reissues turn the clock back half a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016

Review of Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions

Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions

Guillaume Barraud Quartet

Riverboat

Rating: ★★★

Arcana announces itself with ‘Kalavati’, a driving fusion track named after a Hindustani raga; the piece establishes the album as...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2018

Review of In Light of India

In Light of India

Alec Cooper

Alec Cooper

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh-based sitar player and ethnomusicologist Alec Cooper plays his cards well on his debut album In Light of India by...

Reviewed by Shaswata Kundu Chaudhuri in issue: November/2021

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