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Review of Presents… Kingsize Blackfoot

Presents… Kingsize Blackfoot

Jinder

Din of Ecstasy

Rating: ★★★

Jinder is one Phil Dewhurst, a West Country based musician who is very tall and has Blackfoot Sioux bloodlines in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2017

Review of Rainbow Crow

Rainbow Crow

Shankara Andy Bole

Left Leg Records

Rating: ★★

Is meandering a crime when it comes to music? There's a difference between inventive improvisation and going round in circles....

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of New Luk Tung

New Luk Tung

Juu & G Jee

em records

Rating: ★★

This album is the latest Thai release from Japan's EM Records and marks a departure from previous reissues of Thai...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: December/2019

Review of Africa Caribe

Africa Caribe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Fania

Rating: ★★★

To inject some life into their catalogue of 4,000 albums, the current owners of Fania Records turned over master tapes...

Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: October/2011

Review of Reprise on 2nd Avenue

Reprise on 2nd Avenue

Just Music

Rating: ★★★

Having made a name for himself in the hip-hop trio Johnny Cradle, this latest release shows Qü venturing forward as...

Reviewed by Tom Spargo in issue: December/2024

Review of MACHETE

MACHETE

Bejuco

Top of the World

Discos Pacífico

Rating: ★★★★

The second album from this dynamic outfit from Tumaco in Colombia’s Pacific region follows their 2021 debut, Batea, which introduced...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: December/2025

Review of The Rough Guide to Highlife

The Rough Guide to Highlife

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

The consistently reliable Rough Guide compilation series has delved into West African music on many occasions and this latest version...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2012

Review of Yewoulen (Wake Up)

Yewoulen (Wake Up)

Awale Jant Band

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Bringing together members of the Senegalese-born singer Biram Seck's Jant Band and French guitarist Thibaut Remy's London-based African-European collective Awale,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2020

Review of Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954

Accordeon: Musette/Swing Paris 1925-1954

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★

Yet another hefty chunk of plastic from Frémeaux & Associés, this is the fourth volume of a series of compilations...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: March/2011

Review of The Rough Guide to Holy Blues

The Rough Guide to Holy Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Featuring 25 tracks of vintage acoustic blues – almost all of them dating from the 1920s and 30s – this...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: December/2017

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