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Review of Ignite

Ignite

Will Pound & Eddy Jay

Concertone Records

Rating: ★★★★

There must be 45 minutes worth of music on Ignite, but it lasts less than half an hour, such is...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2016

Review of Dubcatcher 2: Wicked My Yout

Dubcatcher 2: Wicked My Yout

DJ Vadim

Soulbeats Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Russian-born, New York-based DJ Vadim returns with another fast-paced reggae volume under the pseudonym Dubcatcher, this time pulling in...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2016

Review of Ligerian Blues

Ligerian Blues

Deltas

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★

Deltas are an acoustic duo made up of Lo’Jo's violinist and kora player Richard Bourreau and guitarist Vincent Erdeven, who...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: June/2016

Review of Natural

Natural

Nicola Conte & Stefania Dipierro

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

For a brief period in the 1960s, Brazil was at the epicentre of all things musically chic and sophisticated. On...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: June/2016

Review of Fuel

Fuel

4Square

Transition Records

Rating: ★★★

Not long after their humble beginnings in a farmhouse in North Manchester in 2006, this young group's fusion of folk,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2016

Review of Kokuma

Kokuma

Gambari Band

Top of the World

Membran

Rating: ★★★★

The Germany-based Membran is the new home of Christian Scholze's ground-breaking Network label, which did so much to put African...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016

Review of Here's My Heart Come Take It

Here's My Heart Come Take It

Rachel Newton

Shadowside Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Scottish singer, harpist and pianist Rachel Newton is part of the Furrow Collective, Emily Portman's trio and The Shee....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2016

Review of Weighted Mind

Weighted Mind

Sierra Hull

Top of the World

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

The last time Sierra Hull released an album, the mandolin prodigy and protégé of Alison Krauss was only a year...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2016

Review of Beard Town

Beard Town

Sheelanagig

Sheelanagig

Rating: ★★★

Even shorn of the street theatre, storytelling and occasional acrobatics of their stage shows, the Balkan-flavoured reckless abandon of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2016

Review of Musics from Nyanza

Musics from Nyanza

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ocora Radio France 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★★

This double-CD set is one of the most recent releases of the ever-impeccable Ocora Radio France label. Continuing the French...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2016

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