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Review of Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground

Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps and Bumps from Peru's Electronic Underground

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Tigers Milk Records

Rating: ★★★

Peru's capital Lima now hosts an edgy, fresh dance music scene, which draws on a wide range of influences: pan-South...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Auprès du Poêle

Auprès du Poêle

Ten Strings And A Goat Skin

Top of the World

Ten Strings And A Goat Skin

Rating: ★★★★

The second album from the spirited Prince Edward Island-based acoustic power trio Ten Strings And A Goat Skin sees them...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2016

Review of Ninalik Arirak

Ninalik Arirak

Lani Singers

Dancing Turtle

Rating: ★★

The very existence of the Lani Singers, the husband-and-wife team of Benny and Maria Wenda, is a small miracle. They...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014

Review of The Bone Orchard

The Bone Orchard

Gavin Davenport

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★

Gavin Davenport is a folk singer gifted with a fine voice warmed by the northern vowels of Yorkshire, and the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2013

Review of Pompadour

Pompadour

Tim O’Brien

Howdy Skies

Rating: ★★★★

In the four years since his last solo recording, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has been recording and touring with...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016

Review of Bendith

Bendith

Bendith

Agati Records

Rating: ★★★★

Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, Bendith is a beautiful set by a group of musicians that is essentially...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Stories Still Untold

Stories Still Untold

Ewan McLennan

Top of the World

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Ewan McLennan continues his evolution into a major figure on the Scottish folk scene with his third album. Stories Still...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Crossroads Kenya: East African Benga and Rumba, 1980-1985

Crossroads Kenya: East African Benga and Rumba, 1980-1985

VARIOUS ARTISTS

No Wahala Sounds

Rating: ★★★★

It's indicative of how the music of East Africa has been overshadowed by its West African cousin that none of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2022

Review of Hundinuiaõis/Bulrush Bloom

Hundinuiaõis/Bulrush Bloom

Eva Väljaots

Eva Väljaots

Rating: ★★★

From Estonia, Eva Väljaots plays the kannel, one of the plucked zither-like instruments shared by the Finno-Ugric cultures around the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2022

Review of Backroad Carnival

Backroad Carnival

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cory Seznec first made waves as part of the quirky American roots group Groanbox Boys and has since cropped up...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2017

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