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Review of Teeth of Time

Teeth of Time

Joshua Burnside

Top of the World

Nettwerk Records

Rating: ★★★★

Belfast-based singer-songwriter Joshua Burnside’s latest album ranges from the atmospheric opener ‘Teeth of Time: Mountain’ – its first half a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025

Review of 1783

1783

Aquakultre

Next Door Records

Rating: ★★★

With his latest album, 1783, the Nova Scotian hip-hop/R&B artist Lance Sampson (Aquakultre), continues his exploration and explication of a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: February/March/2026

Review of The Voice of the People: The Barley Mow

The Voice of the People: The Barley Mow

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Topic Records released the Voice of the People series – 20 CDs and about 500 recordings of traditional songs and...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical

African Pearls: Senegal – Echo Musical

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Syllart Productions 6147482

Rating: ★★★★★

This collection of largely unknown tracks from Senegambia in the 1970s offers some unexpected musical treats, showcasing as it does...

Reviewed by Jenny Cathcart in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Delirio

Delirio

Lo Ke Ba

Yeti Boy Records

Rating: ★★★★

Lo Ke Ba are a Brighton, UK-based band of musicians whose long-time love of the sounds of Cuba has resulted...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2022

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 Freedom Cry:Condemned Choirs

Freedom Cry:Condemned Choirs

VARIOUS ARTISTS

African Prisons Project

Rating: ★★★

More than 550 men and women sit on death row in Uganda's prisons, condemned for crimes that include not only...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of 10 Anos nas Asas do Fado

10 Anos nas Asas do Fado

Kátia Guerreiro

JBJ/Vice Versa

Rating: ★★★

When you think about it, ten years isn’t that long. But it’s been arguably enough time for Kátia Guerreiro to...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Our Garden Needs its Flowers

Our Garden Needs its Flowers

Jess Sah Bi & Peter One

Awesome Tapes from Africa

Rating: ★★★

A very welcome reissue of an oddity from the Ivory Coast that was a huge regional hit when issued in...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2018

Review of Canciones en Blanco y Negro

Canciones en Blanco y Negro

Juana Luna

Folkalist Records

Rating: ★★★★

For those who have chosen to train their soul in such a way, folklore in Argentina is ever-present. Whether in...

Reviewed by Juan José Relmucao in issue: December/2024

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