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Review of Unlearning/Open Letter to Adoniah

Unlearning/Open Letter to Adoniah

Sibusile Xaba

Mushroom Half Hour

Rating: ★★★★

The credits on this double album by the young dreadlocked South African jazz guitarist and singer contain the intriguing line:...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2017

Review of twelvemonth and a day

twelvemonth and a day

Wolf & Clover

Wolf & Clover

Rating: ★★★

Based in Columbus, Georgia, this sextet boasts three professors, a music academy director, doctoral candidate and orchestra executive in its...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2022

Review of Horse Camp

Horse Camp

The Lowest Pair & Small Town Therapy

Delicata Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2020, while camping in the Pacific Northwest, Kendl Winter (vocals, banjo, guitar) and Palmer T Lee (vocals, banjo, guitar),...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023

Review of 12 Bombazos Bailables

12 Bombazos Bailables

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Considering the sheer amount of quality music that came out of Colombia from the 50s through to the 70s, highlighted...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

Review of Chalo

Chalo

VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Jazz Diaries

Rating: ★★★

This charitable 28-track compilation aims to raise the profile of South Asian music, bringing together artists from the region and...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2021

Review of The Rough Guide to Sufi Music

The Rough Guide to Sufi Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Six years ago, I attended the grandly titled World Performing Arts Festival in the Pakistani city of Lahore, and was...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Mean Old World

Mean Old World

Gordie Tentrees

Gordie Tentrees

Rating: ★★★

A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Gordie Tentrees was raised on a farm in an environment described in his bio...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021

Review of The Band Beyond Borders: Fertile Paradoxes

The Band Beyond Borders: Fertile Paradoxes

Amine & Hamza

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

When guest Kaushiki Chakraborty launches into a three-and-a-half octave taan, the rapid virtuoso hallmark of her mesmeric Hindustani vocals, listeners...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: July/2017

Review of Wild Tune Stray Rhythm

Wild Tune Stray Rhythm

DaWangGang

Jaro Medien

Rating: ★★★★

Song Yuzhe comes from north-east China and he is the composer of this dynamic set of songs and instrumentals. On...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013

Review of Rye Groove

Rye Groove

Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band

Epic Male Band

Rating: ★★★★

Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band was born to party. Their unstoppable, urgent playing, mixed with rock-style stage performances has earned...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: July/2015

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