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Review of Don’t Ask Silly Questions

Don’t Ask Silly Questions

Katsha’nes

Katsha’nes

Rating: ★★★★

Don’t Ask Silly Questions is a remarkable compilation of popular Yiddish songs that were heard in London's East End in...

Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: April/2018

Review of Black Tenere

Black Tenere

Kel Assouf

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★

Anana Harouna is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Sahara with an intriguing history. He's a Touareg (he prefers the...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2019

Review of ARARATh

ARARATh

Davit Drambyan

Davit Drambyan

Rating: ★★★

Davit Drambyan, born in Armenia and living and working in Germany, is a musician and composer with a considerable number...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: July/2022

Review of The Runaway

The Runaway

Jimmy Lee & the Edge of Chaos Orchestra

Blue Coconut Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jimmy Lee is like finding an English Johnny Cash hiding out in the back lanes of West Sussex. This might...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Bad for Business

Bad for Business

Adrian + Meredith

Adrian + Meredith

Rating: ★★★

Welcome to the Nashville living room of Adrian and Meredith Krygowski, where they and a few friends have worked on...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2021

Review of Flit

Flit

Martin Green

Top of the World

Reveal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Martin Green is best known as the accordion and electronica genius from Lau, but he's also a bravely experimental soloist....

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2016

Review of Turn to Fray

Turn to Fray

Hickory Signals

GFM Records

Rating: ★★★

This debut from the Brighton duo of Laura Ward and Adam Ronchetti is the latest release from the prolific Sussex...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2019

Review of Cleveland Blues

Cleveland Blues

Fred Davis

Colemine/Remined Records

Rating: ★★★

Fred ‘Dave’ Davis was a musician in Kansas City, Missouri, but by the late 1960s, hard luck and prison had...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2023

Review of Tu Gulî

Tu Gulî

Olcay Bayir

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Olcay Bayir is a British/Kurdish-Alevi singer-songwriter who sings in Kurdish, Turkish and Armenian, and Tu Gulî is her third album,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2024

Review of Hysterrae

Hysterrae

Hysterrae

Linfa

Rating: ★★★★★

This album brings together four musicians, all women, from three different traditions who draw on music from Afghanistan to southern...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: April/2024

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