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Review of En Yay Suh

En Yay Suh

Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang

Luaka Bop

Rating: ★★★★

If you start listening to this album at home, take it one meaty track at a time. The whole album...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Life is Good on the Open Road

Life is Good on the Open Road

Trampled by Turtles

Banjodad Records

Rating: ★★★★

After a four-year hiatus, Trampled by Turtles return with a highly anticipated new album, a release that captures and refines...

Reviewed by Amy Hollinrake-Tune in issue: July/2018

Review of Xana

Xana

Terryazoome

Wasa Mata Productions

Rating: ★★

Having fun seems to be the main driving force behind Terryazoome. Whether this makes for a satisfying musical experience, however,...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2013

Review of Zaz

Zaz

Zaz

Dramatico Entertainment

Rating: ★★★★

In the 50th anniversary year of the death of Edith Piaf, Zaz has succeeded in getting her name bandied about...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar

Famous Fados on Portuguese Guitar

Custódio Castelo

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Famous Fados is the latest instalment in a series of discs showcasing Custódio Castelo’s talent as a solo artist (his...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2020

Review of Viv Tolerans

Viv Tolerans

Tetra

Footprint Records

Rating: ★★

Ingrid Brännström, Sanna Källman, Anna Ottertun and Maria Stellas formed Tetra in 2006; the four female vocalists have backgrounds in,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Some Strange Country

Some Strange Country

Crooked Still

Top of the World

Signature Sounds

Rating: ★★★★★

Crooked Still, the most exciting bluegrass bandcurrently on the American scene, are a groupof five who met at the music...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: March/2011

Review of What's Not Enough About That?

What's Not Enough About That?

Vula Viel

Vula Viel

Rating: ★★★★

This third album shows how Vula Viel have very quickly become a band whose new releases you breathlessly await and...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: May/2020

Review of Big Box of Afrosound

Big Box of Afrosound

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This eminently collectable box set of ten vinyl 7” singles will be a boon to any DJ overburdened by the...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: October/2015

Review of Mosaïk

Mosaïk

Vishtèn

PTVish

Rating: ★★★

Many artists from many different places feel that in order to bring contemporary audiences to traditional material, they need to...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2013

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