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Review of Úr

Úr

Goitse

Goitse

Rating: ★★★★

Úr sees a first personnel change for Goitse with Alan Reid replacing James Harvey on banjo and adding piquant bouzouki...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of North India

North India

Pramod Kumar & Zakir Hussain

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

This re-release is a recording of the first concert given by the now-forgotten sitar maestro Pramod Kumar. Trained in tabla,...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2017

Review of Subcontinental Drift

Subcontinental Drift

Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid

Sultans of String

Rating: ★★★★

Canadian folk-fusion outfit Sultans of String have gone for the word-play double – both band name and album name –...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2016

Review of Laço Umbilical

Laço Umbilical

Lucibela

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★★

On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...

Reviewed by Clive Davis in issue: May/2018

Review of Pachanga Time

Pachanga Time

Charanga del Norte

Charanga del Norte

Rating: ★★★★

With its gorgeous retro cover art and deliberate golden-age smarts ­ Side A was recorded using ribbon microphone technology –...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Review of Next Market Day

Next Market Day

Chloe Matharu

Jonesy & Jock Records

Rating: ★★★

Chloe Matharu is a young Edinburgh singer with a rich inheritance. Her father is from the Punjab, while her mother...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Two Fine Days

Two Fine Days

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Fellside

Rating: ★★★

Lyrically original songs and delicate instrumentals mix and merge on Two Fine Days, from young duo Jack McNeill and Charlie...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2012

Review of Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr

Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr

Lleuwen

Sain Records

Rating: ★★★★

Gwyn Glân Beibl Budr opens with ‘Myn Mair’, a prayer that is at least 500 years old, sung on the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2019

Review of Tsuker-zis

Tsuker-zis

Frank London & Lorin Sklamberg

Tzadik TZ 8141

Rating: ★★★★

Lorin Sklamberg (The Klezmatics) and Frank London (Klezmer Brass Allstars) collaborate here yet again, on Tsuker-zis (Sugar-Sweet). Both musicians have...

Reviewed by Helen Beer in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Até Pensei que Fosse Minha

Até Pensei que Fosse Minha

António Zambujo

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

There is one piece of advice that everyone should follow: never meet your heroes. Fortunately, António Zambujo ignored that and...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2017

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