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Review of Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert

Live at 10: The 10th Anniversary Concert

Beoga

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

A decade after their debut album, County Antrim's Beoga are celebrating with a lively and satisfyingly long anniversary CD and...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: July/2014

Review of Read the Sky

Read the Sky

Oysterband

Running Man Records

Rating: ★★★★

Oysterband have had an impressive history, and they are certainly not finished yet. This is the 12th studio album, the...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: May/2022

Review of Melodic Melange

Melodic Melange

Anders Hagberg & Ahmad Al Khatib

Footprint Records

Rating: ★★★

Ahmad Al Khatib's last CD, Sabîl, was one of the most impressive solo oud recordings to have appeared in recent...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of African Scream Contest 2

African Scream Contest 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

It's been a decade since the release of the first African Scream Contest compilation. Much like that fascinating collection of...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2018

Review of Are’are’

Are’are’

Charles Maimarosia

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Hailing from southern Malaita in the Solomon Islands, east of Papua New Guinea, Charles Maimarosia was the original lead singer-songwriter...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: May/2017

Review of Feather Spines

Feather Spines

Tāmira Pūoro

Top of the World

Oro Records

Rating: ★★★★

An unusual New Zealand collaboration between two Wellington-based female musicians who have been working on this project since 2019, Tāmira...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2022

Review of Dori Freeman

Dori Freeman

Dori Freeman

Free Dirt Records

Rating: ★★★

Dori Freeman is a singer-songwriter from the town of Galax, Virginia – a tiny place in the Appalachian mountains and...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016

Review of Cante

Cante

Nuno Corte-Real

Odradek Records

Rating: ★★

Cante is a form of traditional polyphonic singing from the south of Portugal, namely from the region of Alentejo, usually...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Five Classic Albums

Five Classic Albums

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Tuff Gong/Universal Music 5 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

The year-long celebrations for what would have been Bob Marley's 70th birthday have seen a steady stream of activity, crowned...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Ragas from Lahore

Ragas from Lahore

Tenderlonious

22a

Rating: ★★★

The musical pilgrimage route from West to East may be well-trodden, but it does not typically run through Woking. Little...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021

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