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Review of The Producer's Choice

The Producer's Choice

Battlefield Band

Temple Records

Rating: ★★★★

Last year, in the band's 47th year since forming in Glasgow in 1969, Battlefield Band were finally inducted to the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2017

Review of The Hired Hands: A Tribute to Bruce Langhorne

The Hired Hands: A Tribute to Bruce Langhorne

Various Artists

Scissor Tail Records

Rating: ★★★★

An unsung hero of the counterculture from the 1960s and early 70s, Bruce Langhorne is finally getting some much-deserved attention...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2017

Review of First Dance on Second Avenue

First Dance on Second Avenue

She'Koyokh

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

She'Koyokh, the London band who take their name from a Yiddish greeting, are a brilliant live ensemble who effortlessly blend...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2017

Review of Siren Serenade

Siren Serenade

Emily Mae Winters

EMW Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is the debut album from another young artist to emerge from the vibrant and experimental English folk scene. Ben...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2017

Review of Días Felices

Días Felices

Lone Piñon

LM Duplication

Rating: ★★★

No wonder artists and dreamers gravitate to the American south-west in search of landscapes, inspiration and spirit-reviving experiences. For all...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017

Review of Tastes Like LA

Tastes Like LA

Las Cafeteras

Las Cafeteras

Rating: ★★★

So diverse is Latin American music that most artists, when they come to fusions, choose a couple of elements and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2017

Review of Room With a View

Room With a View

Old Blind Dogs

Old Blind Dogs

Rating: ★★★★

After six years, Old Blind Dogs are back. Founded by fiddler Jonny Hardie in 1990 while busking in the Highlands,...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: June/2017

Review of Miky y Repa

Miky y Repa

La Reyna y La Real

Tumi Music

Rating: ★★★

La Reyna y La Real first met in 2012 on the underground rap circuit in Havana, having initially trod quite...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: June/2017

Review of ¡Caramba!

¡Caramba!

Bigre!

Grolektif Productions

Rating: ★★★

For their sixth album, this French band took on quite a project. After two visits to Cuba, leader and trumpeter...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2017

Review of Jorjuna

Jorjuna

Kazut de Tyr

Hirustica

Rating: ★★

Drawing on this Breton band's travels throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Jorjuna is named after a ten-beat rhythm...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: June/2017

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