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Review of ¡Caramba!

¡Caramba!

Bigre!

Grolektif Productions

Rating: ★★★

For their sixth album, this French band took on quite a project. After two visits to Cuba, leader and trumpeter...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2017

Review of Houmet Paradis

Houmet Paradis

James Dumbelton with Andy Clarke

Waulk Records

Rating: ★★★

Named after an islet off Guernsey that was bought anonymously by locals and administered by the National Trust, Houmet Paradis...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2015

Review of To Måner

To Måner

Valkyrien Allstars

Heilo HCD7240

Rating: ★★★

Valkyrien Allstars are hot property in Norway and they’re beginning to spread their fiery folk–rock outside the Norwegian borders. At...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Peru: Folklore and Mythology

Peru: Folklore and Mythology

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés FA 5280

Rating: ★★★

There is something quite bizarre about the presentation of these field recordings, made in Lima, Puno, Cuzco, Ay a cucho...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Horizon

Horizon

Anyango

Jowi Music

Rating: ★★★

Beginning as it does with the out-of-place Xhosa hymn, ‘Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika’, this otherwise delightful album gets off to an...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Greatest Jamaican Beat

Greatest Jamaican Beat

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Cherry Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Two Duke Reid-produced collections have been offset here to create a killer introduction to rocksteady reggae. The first, Greatest Jamaica...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2019

Review of Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace

Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★

‘The Internationale’ was Topic Records’ first ever release, with the jollier ‘The Man that Waters the Workers’ Beer’ on the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Aaron Jonah Lewis

The Old-Time Tiki Parlour

Rating: ★★★★

Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020

Review of Turkey on the Edge (Soundtrack)

Turkey on the Edge (Soundtrack)

OME

Milan Music

Rating: ★★★

Turkey, ruled since 2002 by an increasingly autocratic Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, experienced an unsuccessful military coup on July 15 2016....

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: May/2018

Review of RELAY, Vol 1

RELAY, Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

There are good reasons to buy this album, via Bandcamp, at the price of your choosing, because all proceeds are...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

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