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Review of Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

The Ethiopians

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★★

Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018

Review of Orchestra of Samples

Orchestra of Samples

Addictive TV

K7!

Rating: ★★

Graham Daniels and Mark Vidler (aka Addictive TV) have been splicing found sounds and visual vignettes since the turn of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: July/2017

Review of Macondo Revisitado: The Roots of Subtropical Music Uruguay 1975-1979

Macondo Revisitado: The Roots of Subtropical Music Uruguay 1975-1979

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Uruguay, along with Chile and Argentina, is prone to identity crises when it comes to defining its musical legacy. It...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2017

Review of In Buenos Aires

In Buenos Aires

Fraser Fifield, Walther E Castro, Quique Sinesi, Mono Hurtado

Tanar Records

Rating: ★★★

Argentina has a healthy Celtic music scene, thanks to its small but significant populations of Scottish and Irish extraction and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2017

Review of Back to Sustain

Back to Sustain

The Pine Hearts

The Pine Hearts

Rating: ★★★

Like a light hike on an easy trail on a sunny spring afternoon, The Pine Hearts' fourth studio album doesn't...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020

Review of Ear Snacks

Ear Snacks

Brothers Comatose

Swamp Jam Records

Rating: ★★★

That this San Francisco-based band records and performs with numerous like-minded guests suggests the current good health of country rock...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: June/2023

Review of Stretching Skyward

Stretching Skyward

Gnoss

Blackfly Records

Rating: ★★★

Gnoss (like Talisk, Eriska and TRIP) are part of Glasgow's lively music scene, though the band originated in Scotland's Northern...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2023

Review of On the Path of the Shirazis

On the Path of the Shirazis

ARASHKHA

Artis Mundi Records

Rating: ★★★

This album is aimed squarely at festival dance music tents and clubs. Afro-Electric DJ ARASHKHA (Arash Khalatbari) is a man...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: August/September/2023

Review of Toda un Alegría

Toda un Alegría

Adriano Galante

Top of the World

Halley Records

Rating: ★★★★★

It's very difficult to pigeonhole the music of Barcelona's Adriano Galante, although ‘understated Hispanophone quietism with a very distant nod...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: October/2023

Review of Deep of Time

Deep of Time

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★

Cory Seznec’s fourth album, Deep of Time, conceived and produced during the COVID-19 lockdown, presents a contemplative, metaphysical, ethereal side...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024

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