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Review of Rewind

Rewind

Fásta

Fásta

Rating: ★★★

The title, Rewind, could be a hint that to fully appreciate this album's strengths you’ll need to head back to...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of RAMU

RAMU

Mickey Hart

Verve Forecast

Rating: ★★★★

Although it's named after the Random Access Musical Universe (RAMU) sampling database that he created, what former Grateful Dead drummer...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2018

Review of Verging on the Perpendicular

Verging on the Perpendicular

Dan Walsh

Rooksmere Records

Rating: ★★★★

Clawhammer banjo player, singer and songwriter Dan Walsh is a prolific performer and is becoming an ever more noticeable figure...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2017

Review of The Rough Guide to Railroad Blues

The Rough Guide to Railroad Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

The clickety-clack of the railroad and the haunting sound of a train whistle run through the DNA of American blues...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2023

Review of Deva

Deva

Deva Premal

White Swan Records

Rating: ★★

Deva Premal is a German national who embraced Indian spirituality in 1990 when staying with the controversial guru Osho at...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Tango de Ruptura

Tango de Ruptura

Astillero

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Rating: ★★★

Buenos Aires is full of talented youn g musicians and in recent years, on the back of a rising wave...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010

Review of Weave

Weave

Jaywalkers

Root Beat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jaywalkers are a young trio from Rochdale and Cheshire, not hitherto known for being crucibles of bluegrass music. Jay Bradberry...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2015

Review of Fase Dos

Fase Dos

Juan Pablo Díaz

Juan Pablo Díaz

Rating: ★★★

This son of musical parents “wanted to be a Puerto Rican version” of Lenny Kravitz in his early teens. Instead,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of MinYo Songbook Vol 1

MinYo Songbook Vol 1

Tokyo MinYo Club

Ohayashi Record

Rating: ★★★★

Many cultures around the world have taken forms of their own folk songs and reinterpreted them in a more mainstream...

Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: May/2023

Review of 20 Printemps

20 Printemps

Le Vent du Nord | Le Vent Du Nord

La Compagnie Du Nord

Rating: ★★★★

Le Vent Du Nord have been together for 20 years, and this, their 11th album, marks that anniversary. Calling it...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: April/2022

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