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Review of Where the Galleon Sank

Where the Galleon Sank

Kobo Town

Stonetree Records

Rating: ★★★

Canadian calypso singer Drew Gonsalves’ latest Kobo Town album reflects a deepening love of Trinidad and Tobago's music and culture....

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: June/2018

Review of Mazembe Mazembe @ 45rpm Vol 1

Mazembe Mazembe @ 45rpm Vol 1

Orchestra Super

Sterns Music

Rating: ★★★★

Orchestra Super Mazembe may be one of the most influential bands in African music. They were one of the first...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: July/2013

Review of Balas y Chocolate

Balas y Chocolate

Lila Downs

Top of the World

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Passion in spite of poverty, magic in the face of misery – these are survival strategies in Latin America. Lila...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2015

Review of Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

Organic Records

Rating: ★★★

Let's get it out of the way: this is a straightforward, mainstream country album. It's not old-time, it's not bluegrass...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2017

Review of Edgelarks

Edgelarks

Edgelarks

Dragonfly Roots

Rating: ★★★★

In the last issue I reviewed Shake the Chains – an album that resulted from a protest-song project conceived by...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2017

Review of North India: Sangeet Trio in Concert

North India: Sangeet Trio in Concert

Sangeet Trio

Ocora Radio France

Rating: ★★★★

This live recording of ‘Raga Jog’, made in Paris in 1995, brought together for the first time three fascinating representatives...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Salamander

Salamander

Bellevue Rendezvous

Journeyman JYM002

Rating: ★★★

Salamander boasts not one but two conflagration– related tunes. The title-track was written by Bellevue Rendezvous’ fiddle player, Gavin Marwick,...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of The Railsplitters

The Railsplitters

The Railsplitters

The Railsplitters

Rating: ★★★

The Railsplitters’ eponymous, fan-financed debut isn't going to set the bluegrass world on fire. But anyone can appreciate the smart...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of The Hazel and Alice Sessions

The Hazel and Alice Sessions

Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands

Spruce and Maple Music

Rating: ★★★★

Bluegrass veteran Laurie Lewis does her mentors proud with this 14-track tribute to the undisputed female heavyweight champions of the...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Alter

Alter

Nynke

Top of the World

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Nynke Laverman is a big voice from a small country, which has an even smaller mother tongue. A native of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

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