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Review of Manara

Manara

Alsarah & The Nubatones

Top of the World

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Sudanese-American singer Alsarah and her Nubatones first showed up on the radar with their fantastic debut Silt in 2014. As...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016

Review of Enigma

Enigma

Bjonko

No Bounds Records

Rating: ★★★★

Bjonko Stosic is a Danish musician, a clarinettist and saxophonist of South Slav decent. Although he’s marketed as part of...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of The True Story of Bananagun

The True Story of Bananagun

Bananagun

Full Time Hobby

Rating: ★★★★

Put on your sunglasses and your fringed jackets, turn on the lava lamp, mix yourself a martini, let out a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Review of As the World Turns

As the World Turns

Black Uhuru

Black Uhuru Official

Rating: ★★★

Plenty has happened to the world in the 15 years since Black Uhuru last released a studio album – much...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Beyond the Borders

Beyond the Borders

Maria Farantouri & Cihan Türkoglu

ECM

Rating: ★★★

This project brings together the Greek singer Maria Farantouri and Anatolian saz player and composer Cihan Türkoğlu, who arranged all...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Mozart of the Banjo: The Joe Morley Project

Aaron Jonah Lewis

The Old-Time Tiki Parlour

Rating: ★★★★

Aaron Jonah Lewis' 24-song tribute to the legendary British banjo player and composer Joe Morley (1867-1937) is a fascinating dive...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020

Review of Universal Favorite

Universal Favorite

Noam Pikelny

Rounder Records

Rating: ★★★★

On hearing this album's lyrical opener ‘Waveland’, which consists of a dainty series of arpeggiated banjo ripples, you could be...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2017

Review of Reve de Sang

Reve de Sang

Wang Li

Zaman

Rating: ★★

Wang Li grew up in Shandong, China, but went to Paris to find himself, and this disc shows what he...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Vocês Querem Mate?

Vocês Querem Mate?

Piri

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Vocês Querem Mate? is the latest instalment in Far Out's ongoing resurrection of the catalogue on Roberto Quartin's long-buried record...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2017

Review of Herança

Herança

Lura

Top of the World

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★★

While Mayra Andrade, Lura’s compatriot, has been steering away from traditional Cape Verdean sounds, husky-voiced Lura does the opposite on...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: December/2015

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