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Review of Bread and Jam

Bread and Jam

LaLlamas

La-Llamas

Rating: ★★★

If your taste leans toward finely cra.ed, casually philosophical, quirkily upbeat acoustic roots music with a dash of global funk,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020

Review of An Sionnach Dubh

An Sionnach Dubh

Dàibhidh Stiùbhard

Top of the World

Wildtune

Rating: ★★★★

Dàibhidh Stiùbhard's remarkably assured debut, An Sionnach Dubh (The Black Fox), showcases one of the most individual of voices to...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2020

Review of O Método

O Método

Rodrigo Leão

BMG/Uguru

Rating: ★★★

Since he left Madredeus in 1994, Rodrigo Leão has established himself as a masterful songwriter, working on a sort of...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2020

Review of Gnawa Electric Laune

Gnawa Electric Laune

Rabii Harnoune & VB Kühl

Tru Thoughts

Rating: ★★★

This is an album that has me very much in two minds. It's a fusion of Gnawa music from Morocco...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2020

Review of Iquitos – Amazonía – Perú

Iquitos – Amazonía – Perú

Ranily su Conjunto Tropical

Analog Africa Vinyl & Digital Only

Rating: ★★★

Through the 1970s Raul Llerena (aka Ranil) took his band up and down the Amazon from their base in Iquitos,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

Review of A Day Will Come

A Day Will Come

Will Pound

Top of the World

Lulubug Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Last summer, when the people of Britain were discussing leaving the European Union and what this meant, harmonica and melodeon...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2020

Review of Connexion

Connexion

Peppino D'Agostino

Peppino D''Agostino Music

Rating: ★★★

With his first solo album in six years, the US-based Italian guitarist and composer puts his warm, ear-enveloping signature tone...

Reviewed by Douglas Macgregor in issue: June/2020

Review of Good Times Older

Good Times Older

Jack Sharp

From Here Records

Rating: ★★★

While there hasThnever been a dearthThof men picking upThacoustic guitars andThrecording folkThalbums, there hasThbeen a notable slew of them recently.ThImpressive...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2020

Review of L'Udová Hudba Pokošovci 2

L'Udová Hudba Pokošovci 2

Pokošovci Band

Tradana

Rating: ★★★

Pokošovci Band are a Slovak Gypsy group largely made up of members of the Pokoš family. They are based in...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2020

Review of Hypernova

Hypernova

Jiggy

Big Beat Music

Rating: ★★★★

This seven-piece collective are back with their much anticipated second album following the success of their debut, Translate, in 2017....

Reviewed by Rachel Cunniffe in issue: June/2020

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