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Review of Conscription

Conscription

The Sexican

Math Records

Rating: ★★★

The deranged frontman known only as Mike H led his motley Danish crew The Sexican across their debut album The...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2013

Review of Knock Knock Get Up

Knock Knock Get Up

David Wax Museum

Top of the World

Mark of the Leopard

Rating: ★★★★

These days the indie-folk gimmick is so over-used that it's easy to dismiss any band that daims to have folk/roots...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2013

Review of Bright Sunny South

Bright Sunny South

Sam Amidon

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

And now for something completely and compellingly different. Sam Amidon is an extraordinarily creative musician, a London-based Vermont native and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013

Review of Tajikistan: Classical Music and Songs

Tajikistan: Classical Music and Songs

Abduvali Abdurashidov

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

This suite of mainly instrumental music is an exemplary presentation of Tajik art music. Abdurashidov plays the sato, a (very)...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: July/2013

Review of The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Brazil

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

Taking a liberal approach to what defines psychedelic music, this latest offering from Rough Guides takes slightly ‘out there’ tracks...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2013

Review of London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6

London is the Place for Me: The Music of Young Black London, 5 & 6

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Honest Jon’s Records

Rating: ★★★★★

This double-CD release follows three engaging, high-quality compilations of Caribbean and African music in 50s Britain from the specialist label...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: July/2013

Review of Oes i Oes

Oes i Oes

Cass Meurig & Nial Cain

Cass Meurig & Nial Cain

Rating: ★★★★

Cass Meurig and Nial Cain have worked together for a number of years now. Their intimate and sensitive renditions of...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2013

Review of Quercus

Quercus

Quercus (June Tabor, Iain Ballamy, Huw Warren)

ECM Records

Rating: ★★★★

Quercus means ‘oak’ in Latin, and the oak is steeped in folklore from root to crown. So is the music...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2013

Review of You Have Already Gone to the Other World

You Have Already Gone to the Other World

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

LM Duplication

Rating: ★★★★

The New Mexico-based duo of Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost have spent the last year touring their live score for...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2013

Review of Abraçaço

Abraçaço

Caetano Veloso

Top of the World

Decca

Rating: ★★★★

Caetano Veloso signs off his letters and emails with 'umabrado'(A big hug) and with this CD he signs off a...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: June/2013

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