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Review of Apparitions

Apparitions

The Drystones

Shedbuilt Records

Rating: ★★★★

A significant change of tack from the Drystones' last album, Apparitions really showcases the multi-instrumental talents of this exciting young...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2019

Review of Under the Rose Tree

Under the Rose Tree

Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos

Music & Words

Rating: ★★★

As a disciple of Ross Daly and a player of the lyra (bowed lute) Sokratis Sinopoulos was always going to...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: October/2018

Review of Portrait

Portrait

María Volonté

Network Medien

Rating: ★★★★

Well established and widely respected in her native Argentina, María Volonté is largely unknown in Europe. This, her European debut,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2011

Review of Black Box

Black Box

Nicolas Repac

Top of the World

No Format

Rating: ★★★★

In his 2004 album Swing Swing, guitarist, composer and producer Nicolas Repac took a futuristic journey through the history of...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: March/2013

Review of Paley & Son

Paley & Son

Tom & Ben Paley

Top of the World

Hornbeam Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Octogenarian Tom Paley was a member of the New Lost City Ramblers, one of the pioneering American folk revival bands...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Puja

Puja

Dijf Sanders

Unday Records

Rating: ★★★

This is is the follow-up to Sanders' 2018 release, Java. As with that album, this, his third solo effort, features...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: May/2020

Review of Eve

Eve

Angélique Kidjo

Top of the World

429 Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Dedicated to ‘the women of Africa, to their resilience and their beauty, Kidjo’s tenth studio album features the voices of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2014

Review of Beginners Guide To Brass

Beginners Guide To Brass

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★

You name it, Nascente has a compilation out celebrating it. Now the veteran UK label has given the brass band...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Sanata: Stillness

Sanata: Stillness

Kiran Ahluwalia

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Born in India, raised in Canada and now resident in New York City, Kiran Ahluwalia has forged an intriguing and...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of The Worst is Yet to Come: Best Of 1995-2017

The Worst is Yet to Come: Best Of 1995-2017

Los Plantronics

Jansen

Rating: ★★

Norway's Los Plantronics have been rocking for more than 20 years now, hence this double CD or double-vinyl compilation. The...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018

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