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Review of Addis Through the Looking Glass

Addis Through the Looking Glass

Dub Colossus

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Given that Dub Colossus's debut, A Town Called Addis, was one of the best albums of 2008 and that this...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of The Stone Turntable

The Stone Turntable

Transglobal Underground

Mule/Cadiz Music

Rating: ★★★★

Transglobal Underground were there at the start, shaking up the London club scene with their beats-driven fusion and proudly hippy...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of The New Adventures of Jassi Sidhu

The New Adventures of Jassi Sidhu

Jassi Sidhu

Moviebox

Rating: ★★★

This is a re-release of Sidhu's third solo album, originally released in 2008. He came to fame as part of...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of The Imam Baildi Cookbook

The Imam Baildi Cookbook

Imam Baildi

Kukin Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the second album by the Athens-based band, and it's nothing if not varied. Taking some of their own...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Blind Note

Blind Note

Various Artists

Top of the World

Muziek Publique

Rating: ★★★★★

Muziek Publique is a young label with just three CDs in their catalogue. Their latest, Blind Note, deserves to bring...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Cannibal Courtship

Cannibal Courtship

Dengue Fever

Concord Music Group

Rating: ★★★★

Dengue Fever's latest album is a step up from their last studio effort, Venus on Earth, in 2008. The band...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Tanita

Tanita

Nuriya

Musica Almaya

Rating: ★★★★

Imagine a fusion of Latin, Middle Eastern and Arabic-flamenco music, with some hip– hop and reggae thrown in for good...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Electro Classical

Electro Classical

Bickram Ghosh

Navras Records

Rating: ★★★

The son of a leading Hindustani vocalist and revered tabla player, Bickram Ghosh first came to prominence with Ravi Shankar's...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Patagonia (OST)

Patagonia (OST)

Joseph LoDuca

Decca

Rating: ★★★★

How do you get Carlos Gardél, Duffy and Bryn Terfel into the same box? By making an awful film about...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

Review of Out of Genre

Out of Genre

Jonathan Mayer

First Hand Records

Rating: ★★★

Bach on the sitar? Not quite what you might be expecting from this album from Jonathan Mayer. But I was...

Reviewed in issue July/2011

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