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Review of Anne Briggs

Anne Briggs

Anne Briggs

Topic Records

Rating: ★★★★★

One of three deluxe reissues from Topic as part of its 80th birthday celebrations, Anne Briggs' first album has only...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019

Review of Nightfall

Nightfall

Quercus

ECM Records

Rating: ★★★★

June Tabor, saxophonist Iain Bellamy and pianist Huw Warren released their award-winning debut on ECM back in 2013, and this...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/2017

Review of Won’t You be Cruel to be Kind

Won’t You be Cruel to be Kind

Buffalo Gals

Get Real Records

Rating: ★★★

The third instalment of the Buffalo Gals’ Won't You… series of albums includes 15 tracks running the Americana gamut, from...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013

Review of Morose

Morose

Les Poules à Colin

Les Poules à Colin

Rating: ★★★

Polished musicianship and cosy camp-fire gatherings don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Yet the sophisticated arrangements on this album take...

Reviewed by Wendy Scott in issue: July/2018

Review of Pura Maldad

Pura Maldad

Lola''s Dice

Dox Records

Rating: ★★★

Amsterdam-based tropical psych merchants Lola's Dice deliver a brain-bending blend of synth-infused cumbia, merengue, dub and fuzzy funk on this...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023

Review of The Eternal Return

The Eternal Return

Irfan

Mandalia-Music

Rating: ★★★

Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017

Review of Hidden

Hidden

Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight

One Little Indian

Rating: ★★★

She may have one of the most famous surnames in folk but one thing’s for certain: this isn’t, by any...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2012

Review of Songs of Forbidden Love

Songs of Forbidden Love

The London Bulgarian Choir

The London Bulgarian Choir

Rating: ★★★★

Under the assured leadership of Dessislava Stefanova, The London Bulgarian Choir have become a very impressive outfit. The LBC consist...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020

Review of Primeros Pasos

Primeros Pasos

London Tango Orchestra

London Tango Orchestra

Rating: ★★★★

Vintage culture, retro fashion, burlesque stage shows: our age is all about recycling and reclaiming. The London Tango Orchestra, founded...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2015

Review of OK World

OK World

Bugge Wesseltoft

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

The clusters of sparse piano notes that open this disc suggest a contemplative acoustic music that might confound fans of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2014

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