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Review of One Voice

One Voice

Garrangali

Garrangali

Rating: ★★★★

An 11-piece band from the small indigenous community of Baniyala, situated on Blue Mud Bay in the Top End’s Gulf...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: January/February/2023

Review of We Have One Destiny

We Have One Destiny

Ayuune Sule

Top of the World

Makkum Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ayuune Sule discovered his passion for playing the kologo — a two-stringed lute — learning from the musicians who would...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2018

Review of Festival Bell

Festival Bell

Fairport Convention

Matty Grooves

Rating: ★★★

Umpteen albums have come and gone since the original Fairport line-up started playing West Coast pop covers in 1967. As...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2011

Review of You’re the One

You’re the One

Rhiannon Giddens

Top of the World

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★★

With You’re the One, Giddens is clearly hoping to broaden her appeal beyond the folk/roots/Americana stockade and her fan club...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023

Review of One Thought Away

One Thought Away

Trilok Gurtu

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★★

If you’re not familiar with Gurtu's remarkable versatility as a tabla maestro and composer who has played with everyone from...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2023

Review of Where’s the One?

Where’s the One?

Congotronics International

Top of the World

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★★

Kinshasa’s Congotronic axis meet chosen international artists and create an epic, euphoric mash-up celebrating the tenth anniversary of a historic...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: June/2022

Review of Number One Bus

Number One Bus

Nuru Kane

Top of the World

Iris 3002012

Rating: ★★★★

Dressed in griot-chic and wielding his gimbri like a Fender Stratocaster, Nuru Kane comes on like a trans-Saharan cross between...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2010

Review of One for the Pot

One for the Pot

The Teacups

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★★

All music begins with the human voice, and The Teacups’ success is borne out of their trust in a pure...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of One for the Road

One for the Road

Session A9

RAJ Records

Rating: ★★★

Session A9 are made up of road veterans of Capercaillie, Peatbog Faeries, Boys of the Lough and Fiddlers’ Bid. You...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Birds

Birds

Da Lata

Da Lata Music

Rating: ★★★★

Can that be the sweet sound of spring? On the strength of this fourth album by beloved London-based tropicalistas Da...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020

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