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Review of The Beast Below

The Beast Below

Apple of My Eye

Pear O’Legs Records

Rating: ★★★

There is a tinkling delicacy to the music of Apple of My Eye. Comprised of musicians with a strong theatrical...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2016

Review of Last Days of Meaning

Last Days of Meaning

Nitin Sawhney

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Rating: ★★★★

Nitin Sawhney is as much a philosopher as he is a composer. This time, his thoughtful and melodic songs are...

Reviewed by Andy King in issue: July/2011

Review of St Germain

St Germain

St Germain

Top of the World

Parlophone

Rating: ★★★★

The French musician, composer and producer Ludovic Navarre (aka St Germain) burst onto the scene 20 years ago with Boulevard,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2015

Review of The Eternal Getdown

The Eternal Getdown

Quetzal

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★★

Is world music a kind of tourism, or closer to anthropology? Are Latino roots more authentic in rural pueblos or...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/2017

Review of Origins

Origins

Treacherous Orchestra

Top of the World

Navigator Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The debut album from Treacherous Orchestra is a blistering, swaggering and infectious affair. Consisting predominantly of pipes, fiddle, guitar, bass...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Seekers and Finders

Seekers and Finders

Gogol Bordello

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★

What's left to say about Gypsy punk outfit Gogol Bordello? Not much on the strength of this, their seventh album....

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: November/2017

Review of Facing East

Facing East

Modus Quartet

CPL Music

Rating: ★★★★

Facing East is oriented primarily towards Armenia, celebrating the folk music of the Caucasus in adventurous fashion. The multi– national...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 2

King Jammy's Selector's Choice Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Records

Rating: ★★★

King Jammy, Jamaican DJ and producer, began his career under the tutelage of dub legend King Tubby before setting up...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of King of My Mind

King of My Mind

Flats and Sharps

Move Your Hands

Rating: ★★★★

To start with, Flats and Sharps must be the most audaciously tenuous bluegrass pun-based name around. Yet it is totally...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2016

Review of Wakukaya

Wakukaya

Ashimba

Grandpop Records

Rating: ★★★

This is another fine example of how Scandinavian musicians are collaborating with African musicians in professional studio conditions and producing...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013

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