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Review of The Louder the Better

The Louder the Better

Soom T

Renegade Masters

Rating: ★★★

The sixth studio album from Glasgow’s ‘Raggamuffin Queen’ is further proof that Soom T is a prolific singer-songwriter with a...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: December/2023

Review of Nilam

Nilam

ganavya

Top of the World

LEITER

Rating: ★★★★★

Close your eyes. Imagine the dawning of the earth: the sun rising slowly through a soft mist, spreading warmth, light...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2025

Review of Vocês Querem Mate?

Vocês Querem Mate?

Piri

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Vocês Querem Mate? is the latest instalment in Far Out's ongoing resurrection of the catalogue on Roberto Quartin's long-buried record...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2017

Review of Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion

Lost & Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion

The High Bar Gang

True North Records

Rating: ★★★

Lost & Undone is a bona fide gospel album, graced by songs popularised by legendary country and bluegrass artists and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2014

Review of Diaspora

Diaspora

Wilber Calver

Alex Wilson Records

Rating: ★★★

Wilber Calver is a brave man. The idea of using the bagpipes to reflect the African diaspora might strike you...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: October/2012

Review of Hali Diallo

Hali Diallo

Tallawit Timbouctou

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★

For a lot of Touareg desert blues, the drums are the well of rhythm in the undergrowth of the music,...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: April/2019

Review of High on Life

High on Life

Marvara

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

What hits you immediately upon initially listening to Marvara’s debut release is the incredible whirlwind of energy coming from the...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: May/2022

Review of 30 Years Live!

30 Years Live!

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys

Valcour Records

Rating: ★★★

If Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys are a new band to you, then you probably haven't listened to much,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2019

Review of Hawksworth

Hawksworth

Matt Espy

Drag City

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps best known as the tub-thumper responsible for the awkward, stumbling funk of art rock weirdos Dead Rider, Matt Espy...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2023

Review of Aykathani Malakon

Aykathani Malakon

SANAM

Mais Um

Rating: ★★★

Beirut-based sextet, SANAM, were formed in 2022 in response to an invitation to perform with Hans Joachim Irmler, formerly of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/September/2023

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