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Review of Kiteky

Kiteky

Electric Vocuhila

Another Record/Capsul Records

Rating: ★★★★

This latest album from the French four-piece Electric Vocuhila, comes hot on the heels of a residency spent in Madagascar...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: December/2022

Review of Lily-O

Lily-O

Sam Amidon

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

With his assured fiddle, guitar, banjo and voice, this native of Brattleboro, Vermont has a firm enough grasp of American...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Storied Sounds

Storied Sounds

Tuulikki Bartosik

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Accordionist and composer Tuulikki Bartosik made quite an impression with her previous album, Chatterbox, with Hannah James. Her latest project,...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016

Review of Rise Jamaica! Independence Jamaica Special

Rise Jamaica! Independence Jamaica Special

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Trojan

Rating: ★★★★

When Jamaica achieved its independence from Britain on August 6 1962, its music industry was still in the nascent stages...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: October/2022

Review of La Voix de la Passion

La Voix de la Passion

Waed Bouhassoun

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Three elements compete in La Voix de la Passion, an intriguing CD by Damascus conservatory graduates Waed Bouhassoun and Moslem...

Reviewed by Martin Stokes in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Orchestre Univers

Orchestre Univers

Labelle

InFiné

Rating: ★★★

Two years after his successful Univers-Île album [a Top of the World album review in #132], Jeremy Labelle, a forerunner...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: July/2019

Review of The Fighting Kangaroo

The Fighting Kangaroo

Los 300

Rootsound Music

Rating: ★★★★

The cover looks like an Aussie road sign, but the trio of musicians – who sound like a much bigger...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2018

Review of Les Nuits

Les Nuits

Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai

Mazeeka Records

Rating: ★★★★

This collaboration between the Anglo-Middle Eastern singer and Egyptian composer and multi-instrumentalist Samy Bishai emerged from a stage collaboration with...

Reviewed by Jim Cumming in issue: March/2014

Review of Up the Hill and Through the Fog

Up the Hill and Through the Fog

The Slocan Ramblers

The Slocan Ramblers

Rating: ★★★

The COVID-19 pandemic exacted a particularly tough toll on The Slocan Ramblers. Bandmates Adrian Gross (mandolin) and Darryl Poulsen (guitar,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2022

Review of Tangle of Souls

Tangle of Souls

Scott Cook

Scott Cook

Rating: ★★★

Tangle of Souls is the seventh full-length album by American-born, Edmonton, Alberta-based, globe-trotting troubadour Scott Cook. By full-length, we’re talking...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020

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