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Review of Kill Me or Negotiate

Kill Me or Negotiate

Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy

BFDM

Rating: ★★★★

Egyptian vocalist and trumpeter Abdullah Miniawy and French electronicist Simo Cell have been collaborating for just over two years, tinkering...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2021

Review of Amandla

Amandla

Shelter Matshelela

Afrikantunz Records & Promotions

Rating: ★★

Zimbabwean singer Shelter Matshelela presents us here with an archetypal bubblegum (township pop) album brim-full of happy, head-nodding tunes. Matshelela...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2018

Review of One Life to Live

One Life to Live

Phyllis Dillon

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★

The latest in the excellent Doctor Bird reissue series is the sole LP that was released by Jamaican singer Phyllis...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2018

Review of Not One but Another

Not One but Another

Andy Kirkham

Bijou

Rating: ★★★

Andy Kirkham is a British, Norfolk-based folk guitar player and songwriter. His fifth solo album is a reflective affair, consisting...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: October/2015

Review of One Drop of Kindness

One Drop of Kindness

Yungchen Lhamo

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

Yungchen Lhamo has been in exile from Tibet since 1989 and One Drop of Kindness, her seventh release, continues her...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: October/2023

Review of Studio One Dub Fire Special

Studio One Dub Fire Special

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Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★

London record label Soul Jazz Records have done an excellent job in ensuring that the vast library of recordings made...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2016

Review of Wotcheor!

Wotcheor!

Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies

Tantobie Records

Rating: ★★★

The album cover has Jez tilting his boater and grinning into a camera like an old-fashioned MC, as if beckoning...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of One Day Band Vol 1

One Day Band Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trestle Records VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

What can you achieve in one day? This is the question posed by Trestle Records in East London with their...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: April/2020

Review of One More for the Road

One More for the Road

The Wiyos

Wiyos

Rating: ★★★

The Wiyos continue to surf a wave of popular acclaim, thanks to a 2009 appearance on the BBC documentary Folk...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Gagok Lyrical Songs

Gagok Lyrical Songs

Kim Wol-ha

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

Kim Wol-ha died 20 years ago. She was one of the last musicians who had trained in the most prestigious...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Apr/May/2015

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