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Review of Pete Seeger in England

Pete Seeger in England

Pete Seeger

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★

For most of the 1950s, Pete Seeger was unable to travel outside the US due to the persecution of senator...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2016

Review of Otherworldly

Otherworldly

The Pyramids

Disko B

Rating: ★★★

The Pyramids formed at Antioch College, Ohio in 1972 as an avant– garde cosmic jazz band, influenced by the likes...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013

Review of Chantent en Français

Chantent en Français

17 Hippies

Hipster Records

Rating: ★★★

Chantent en Français starts with a jaunty bout of string-picking, strumming, a squeeze of accordion, a parting curtain of strings...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Música Universal

Música Universal

Vocal Universo

Ansonica

Rating: ★

A capella music is surely even more of a matter of taste than Marmite, Jeremy Corbyn or coprophilia. While I...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of Sasquatch Landslide

Sasquatch Landslide

The Dwarfs of East Agouza | The Dwarfs Of East Agouza

Constellation

Rating: ★★★

The Dwarfs Of East Agouza are an established and prolific group. Egyptian musician Maurice Louca may be the most familiar...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2025

Review of Diamond Grove

Diamond Grove

Weirs

Dear Life Records

Rating: ★★★

Cicadas chitter. A banjo twangs like the opening to a raga. A fiddle flickers. A cow moans. Wait, was that...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/2026

Review of Cathedrals Beneath the Black Mountain

Cathedrals Beneath the Black Mountain

D. West

Top of the World

Hollow Gesture Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This is an accomplished, confident new album from Denver guitarist D. West, who leans more towards the ‘new age’ instrumental...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: January/2026

Review of Endless Path

Endless Path

Mahsa Vahdat & Coskun Karademir

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★★★

A while ago, the Secret Ensemble from Istanbul invited Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat to make a recording, the critically acclaimed...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: March/2018

Review of Sin País

Sin País

Ali Khattab

Nesma Productions

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this album, meaning ‘Landless’ or ‘Without a Homeland’ in Spanish, chimes with the era we are living...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Nahadin

Nahadin

Hijaz

Zephyrus Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hijaz are a world-jazz quartet centred around the oud and piano of Tunisian-born Moufadhel Adhoum and Belgian-Greek pianist Niko Deman,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2015

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