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Review of So Long Little Miss Sunshine

So Long Little Miss Sunshine

Molly Tuttle

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With her latest solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle further secures her reputation as one of modern...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025

Review of Poems & Non-Fiction

Poems & Non-Fiction

Ruth Lyon

Pink Lane Records

Rating: ★★★★

Newcastle-based singer, musician and disability activist Ruth Lyon's Poems & Non-Fiction is a stonking slice of indie-folk, layered with lush...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: September/2025

Review of What Pop People Folk This Popular

What Pop People Folk This Popular

Bush Gothic

Fydle Records

Rating: ★★★★

The most bravely inventive folk band in Australia is moving on. Famed for their re-working of self-described ‘darker, stranger’ traditional...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025

Review of Nadir

Nadir

Sababa 5

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★

One of a number of psychedelic rock outfits to have sprung forth from Tel Aviv in recent years, Sababa 5...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: September/2025

Review of Afrosoul 2

Afrosoul 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★

This disconcerting compilation leaps from one idea to another, trying to find something fresh. An array of African acts unsuccessfully...

Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: July/2014

Review of Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is a new recording of old-school highlife and Afrobeat from one of Ghana's great vocalists, backed by a scorching...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Future Rust Vol 1

Future Rust Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Future Rust Records

Rating: ★★★

New label Future Rust offers this compilation as an immersion into the subculture of the handpan, commonly called hang. The...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2020

Review of La Maravilla

La Maravilla

Son Yambu

Apollo Sound

Rating: ★★★

It’s a long way from Archway in North London to Santiago de Cuba, but Son Yambu – who take their...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Ama Gogela

Ama Gogela

Phelimuncasi

Top of the World

Nyege Nyege Tapes

Rating: ★★★★★

This scintillating album from Durban trio Phelimuncasi is named after a South African bee famed for its power and brutal...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2022

Review of Tres Mil Uno

Tres Mil Uno

Marcela Arroyo, Andreas Engler & Daniel Schläppi

Catwalk Music

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this intriguing collection, Tres Mil Uno (3001), perhaps indicates that Argentinian-born, Swiss-based singer Marcela Arroyo, Swiss violinist...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2017

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