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Review of The Attic Tapes

The Attic Tapes

John Renbourn

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

The great British guitarist died in March this year, shortly after penning the warm, detailed liner notes that accompany this...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2015

Review of Sounds of the East

Sounds of the East

Srdjan Beronja

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

A surprising collection of field recordings and re-arrangements of traditional pieces, Sounds of the East follows on from Beronja's Sounds...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: June/2017

Review of Sa

Sa

Parvyn

HopeStreet Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Australian Punjabi singer Parvyn grew up among Sikh devotional music and trained in Hindustani classical music and dance. She began...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: December/2021

Review of It's Still Autumn

It's Still Autumn

Kayhan Kalhor & the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio

Top of the World

Kepera Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The collaboration between Iranian kamancheh spike-fiddle master Kayhan Kalhor and the Dutch baroque-jazz ensemble Rembrandt Frerichs Trio has been a...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of The Fallen Angel's Unravelling Descent

The Fallen Angel's Unravelling Descent

Avital Raz

Sotones Records

Rating: ★★★

Avital Raz is a bravely original singer-songwriter with an intriguing history. Born in Jerusalem where she sang classical music as...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2017

Review of Home

Home

Sushma Soma with Aditya Prakash

Sushma Soma

Rating: ★★★★

Forest fires create an ashen, black landscape in the Amazon. Over in India, an elephant stumbles across a pineapple, begins...

Reviewed by James Scott Roriston in issue: July/2022

Review of Vida-Código

Vida-Código

Tiganá Santana

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

For Vida-Código -his fourth album and his third on the Swedish Ajabu! label – Tiganá Santana presents very little of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020

Review of Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex

Top of the World

Terp

Rating: ★★★★★

What a delight this new collaboration between Ethiopian saxophone legend Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex proves to be. Showcasing something...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Ramblin' Soul

Ramblin' Soul

Melissa Carper

Mae Music/Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Count this as a lucky ramble in Melissa Carper's beloved Dodge van (the subject of one of her 11 original...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2023

Review of Lebanon Elevator

Lebanon Elevator

Kamel Nitrate

Kamel Nitrate

Rating: ★

Kamel Nitrate are to all intents and purposes a fusion band, mixing funk, trip-hop and Arab drum styles. Unfortunately, the...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2018

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