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Review of In Dub

In Dub

Paddy Free

Paddy Free

Rating: ★★★★

Probably best known as one-half of New Zealand electronic duo Pitch Black, flame-haired producer/keyboardist Paddy Free has also twiddled the...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Leaving Eden

Leaving Eden

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

The new release from the American acoustic trio comes with high expect¬ations, after its pre¬decessor, Genuine Negro Jig won a...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2012

Review of Rumba Argelina

Rumba Argelina

Radio Tarifa

Top of the World

World Circuit/BMG

Rating: ★★★★

When Rumba Argelina blasted the late Benjamín Escoriza and his Moorish sidemen to the fore of Spanish flamenco fusion in...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Dumnonia

Dumnonia

Jim Causley

Wild Goose Records

Rating: ★★★

He may be best known for his collaboration with the Essex folk quartet, Mawkin, but Jim Causley is very definitely...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2011

Review of 2011: A Space Odyssey

2011: A Space Odyssey

The Cambodian Space Project

Metal Postcard Records

Rating: ★★★★

The liner notes of this debut album say that the release is a tribute to the ‘musicians of Cambodia's Golden...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Projection One

Projection One

Edzayawa

Soundway

Rating: ★★★

The term ‘rock’ was so out of favour at the time of the 1980s world music boom, it's taken until...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Pasif.ist

Pasif.ist

Natalia Mann

Rattle Records

Rating: ★★★★

On first listen it would be impossible to identify this debut, full-length release from New Zealand harpist and composer Natalia...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: June/2013

Review of Marinai, Profeti e Balene

Marinai, Profeti e Balene

Vinicio Capossela

Ponderosa Records

Rating: ★★★★

This idiosyncratic Italian songwriter has often been compared to Tom Waits and Paolo Conte but vocally, and also in regard...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2012

Review of N'Diale

N'Diale

Jacky Molard Quartet & Foune Diarra Trio

Innacor Records

Rating: ★★★★

The musics of West Africa and the Celtic world might appear unlikely bedfellows but they're far from strangers. We've heard...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: June/2011

Review of Capture: 1995-2010

Capture: 1995-2010

Afro Celt Sound System

Real World CDRW179

Rating: ★★★★

Love them or loathe them – and they do tend to polarise opinion – Afro Celt Sound System prompted a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2010

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