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Review of Rade

Rade

Paolo Angeli

ReR Megacorp

Rating: ★★★★

The adventurous Valencia-based Sardinian composer sets sails navigating on Mediterranean routes after his critically-admired album Jar’a, which appeared to be...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: October/2022

Review of Stop Yu Loafin

Stop Yu Loafin

Jah Thomas

VP Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Part of the original series that helped launch London's Greensleeves record label, the 1978 album Stop Yu Loafin has only...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Drifters & Vagabonds

Drifters & Vagabonds

Black Market Tune

Galileo Music

Rating: ★★★

With one foot in Scotland, the other in Austria and a few other limbs in Sweden and Vienna, Black Market...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Kobani

Kobani

Ferhat Tunç

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★

Ferhat Tunç's latest album is nicely packaged, with the songs competently translated into English. If you are unfamiliar with the...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: October/2016

Review of Astrakan Project

Astrakan Project

Simone Alves & Yann Gourvil

Karga Records

Rating: ★★★★

This album has nothing, as far as one can tell, to do with the town on the Caspian Sea or...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013

Review of Week of Pines

Week of Pines

Georgia Ruth

Top of the World

Gwymnon

Rating: ★★★★

On her debut album, Aberystwyth-born Georgia Ruth plays harp, piano, reed organ and bells, and her band features multiple guitars,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Review of Yapunto

Yapunto

Yapunto

Yapunto

Rating: ★★★★

Alexandra Charry, from the Colombian city of Cali, fronts a ten-piece collective in her adoptive France, dedicated since 2015 to...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of VAMM

VAMM

VAMM

VAMM Records

Rating: ★★★★

VAMM, a trio of top-notch folk musicians, demand your attention from the very first track of their debut album. Patsy...

Reviewed by Olivia Haughton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Ce Monde Ici-Bas

Ce Monde Ici-Bas

De Temps Antan

Top of the World

L-A be Records

Rating: ★★★★

They have been described as a ‘Québécois power trio,’ and the group’s power, apparent in their former stint with La...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2014

Review of Afrobeats Hot Hits: The New Sound of Urban Africa

Afrobeats Hot Hits: The New Sound of Urban Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Shanachie Records

Rating: ★★★

The sounds of Afrobeats are not to be mistaken with the music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. The crucial ‘s’ denotes...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2017

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