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Review of In My Own Time

In My Own Time

Karen Dalton

Light in the Attic

Rating: ★★★★★

Karen Dalton, who died in 1993 at age 55, was for a brief period in the 1960s the darling dark...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2022

Review of Nozhet El Nofous

Nozhet El Nofous

Nancy Mounir

Simsara Records

Rating: ★★★★

As a key member of Egypt’s rich independent music scene, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and composer Nancy Mounir is well-attuned to her...

Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: October/2022

Review of A Thousand Thoughts

A Thousand Thoughts

Kronos Quartet

Top of the World

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★★

David Harrington and his colleagues have long been intrepid world music adventurers, expanding the string quartet repertoire with works from...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2014

Review of Murmurations

Murmurations

The Shee

Proper

Rating: ★★★★

The album art for Murmurations is a work of some genius – each individual cover features a unique image, in...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Beat Down Babylon

Beat Down Babylon

Junior Byles

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★★

Kerrie ‘Junior’ Byles was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1948 and developed into one of reggae’s foremost voices, initially as...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2020

Review of Fabiola

Fabiola

Da Lata

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Da Lata first appeared on our horizon in the mid-90s when their largely Brazilian-scented grooves found great favour with DJ...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of An Den Dey Made Tae

An Den Dey Made Tae

Ross & Ryan Couper

Couper Records

Rating: ★★★

Growing up as part of a famous Shetland musical family, Ross Couper, fiddle player with the Peatbog Faeries, and his...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2021

Review of Two

Two

Steve Crawford & Sabrina Palm

Steve Crawford & Sabrina Palm

Rating: ★★★

The attractive mix of traditional Scots and Irish tunes and songs makes up the body of Crawford and Palm's new...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Solace

Solace

Alam Khan

Worlds Within Worlds Records

Rating: ★★★

Alam Khan is inevitably introduced as the son of the legendary sarod player Ali Akbar Khan, but on the evidence...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2020

Review of Uprooted

Uprooted

Minor Empire

World Trip Records

Rating: ★★★★

Given Minor Empire's mesmeric sound, it's a shame it's taken so long for a follow-up to their 2011 debut, Second...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: May/2018

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