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Review of Bless Up

Bless Up

Ernest Ranglin & Avila

Avila Street

Rating: ★★★

The veteran Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin helped to give birth to reggae, playing on early recordings that defined the genre...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Całe Szczęście

Całe Szczęście

Mosaik

Verge Sound

Rating: ★★★

Mosaik are a very accomplished Polish folk band who combine Polish traditions with world sounds. On this album we hear...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of The Bridge that Links Time

The Bridge that Links Time

Ensemble Tirana

Fréa Records

Rating: ★★★

Since their previous record, Chants Polyphoniques d’Albanie, an efficient survey of the remarkably varied unaccompanied songs of the Albanian south,...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Addis to Omega

Addis to Omega

Dub Colossus

Top of the World

IRL Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Those familiar with the heavily Ethiopian-influenced band heard on the last three Dub Colossus albums will hardly recognise this new...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Get a Life

Get a Life

The Warren G Hardings

Warren G Hardings

Rating: ★★★

Warren G Harding is an odd name to choose for a band name. History regards that particular US president as...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Kurdistan

Kurdistan

Nishtiman

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

The seven-piece group Nishtiman, meaning ‘Homeland’, brings together five Kurdish musicians from the three main territories where the Kurds are...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Fair Warning

Fair Warning

The Rails

Island Records

Rating: ★★★★

Kami Thompson and James Walbourne's first release on Island's Pink Label imprint, once home to the likes of Fairport Convention,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of African Gems: Recordings by Charles Duvelle, Jos Gansemans, Benoit Quersin & David Fanshawe

African Gems: Recordings by Charles Duvelle, Jos Gansemans, Benoit Quersin & David Fanshawe

VARIOUS ARTISTS

SWP Records

Rating: ★★★

SWP Records never fail to surprise, educate and delight with their releases of traditional African field recordings. Their crowning glory...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Tjamuku Ngurra: Grandfather's Country

Tjamuku Ngurra: Grandfather's Country

Tjintu Desert Band

CAAMA Music

Rating: ★★★

Aboriginal desert reggae-rock has a history dating back to the late-70s, when Central Australian bands such as No Fixed Address...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Gamel

Gamel

00100

Thrill Jockey Records

Rating: ★★★

00100 is a cyber symbol for the middle finger gesture in a chat room or text message, and the name...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

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