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Review of Alone on a Hill

Alone on a Hill

Katy Rose Bennett

Little House on the Hill Records

Rating: ★★★

Katy Rose Bennett has been performing her Americana-tinged style of folk music for the best part of 20 years. She's...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2021

Review of 2nd

2nd

[su:m]

Blue Boy

Rating: ★★★

No, it's not a misprint. And [su:m] are more than the sum of their parts. They are a classy female...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015

Review of Pesebre

Pesebre

Axel Krygier

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

For all its pedigree, contemporary music from Argentina can be a little predictable. As modern tangueros like Orquesta Típica Fernández...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Tundra Songs

Tundra Songs

Kronos Quartet

Canadian Music Centre

Rating: ★★★★

The first noises here sound just like a fat seal pulling itself over gritty snow. By the end of Tundra...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2015

Review of The Concert Collection 2012-2018

The Concert Collection 2012-2018

Archie Roach

Bloodlines

Rating: ★★★★

Archie Roach is one of Australia's best-known Aboriginal singer-songwriters; his long career has seen him win every award and accolade...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2019

Review of Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6

Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-6

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway SNDWCD020

Rating: ★★★★

When the Nigerian civil war ended in 1970, a period of experimentation and musical freedom ensued, producing some rich and...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Têtu

Têtu

Le Vent du Nord

Top of the World

Borealis Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Québécois quartet Le Vent du Nord really hit home with Tromper Le Temps in 2012, a punchy set of flying...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2015

Review of Lift

Lift

Koki Nakano with Vincent Segal

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★

Anything that involves the French cellist and world music adventurer Vincent Segal is always worth hearing. Here, he teams up...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2017

Review of Clichê

Clichê

Raf Vilar

Ajabu! Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2011, this London-based Brazilian singer-songwriter brought out a first album with the somewhat misleading title, Studies in Bossa...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2022

Review of Raysn: The Music of Jewish Belarus

Raysn: The Music of Jewish Belarus

Litvakus

Litvakus Records

Rating: ★★★★

This New York-based band are exploring the Jewish music of Belarus and its surrounds. The Jewish culture of the region...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2016

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