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Review of Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions

Arcana: The Indo-Jazz Sessions

Guillaume Barraud Quartet

Riverboat

Rating: ★★★

Arcana announces itself with ‘Kalavati’, a driving fusion track named after a Hindustani raga; the piece establishes the album as...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: July/2018

Review of Stand Up Now: Songs from the Landworkers’ Alliance

Stand Up Now: Songs from the Landworkers’ Alliance

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Many a Thousand Records

Rating: ★★★★

The canon of British folk song is rich with stories and beautiful evocations of landscape, nature, country life and work....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2021

Review of In Light of India

In Light of India

Alec Cooper

Alec Cooper

Rating: ★★★

Edinburgh-based sitar player and ethnomusicologist Alec Cooper plays his cards well on his debut album In Light of India by...

Reviewed by Shaswata Kundu Chaudhuri in issue: November/2021

Review of Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed

Arrogance, Ignorance & Greed

Show of Hands

Hands On Music HMCD 29

Rating: ★★★★

The songs and music of Show of Hands – the West Country duo Steve Knightley and Phil Beer – create...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of XX

XX

Baba Zula

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Initially inspired by the Anatolian rock of Moğollar and Erkin Koray, Baba Zula pioneered the concept of Istanbul psychedelia mixing...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: March/2017

Review of Bele, Tradition & Creation

Bele, Tradition & Creation

Edmond Mondesir

Ocora

Rating: ★★★

Ocora’s traditional music series is of consistent quality, with landmark contributions from Madagascar, Tanzania and Gabon. The African-centric theme continues,...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of King'n'Doom

King'n'Doom

King'n'Doom

Rustical Records

Rating: ★★★★

The core of King'n'Doom is Czech production and multi-instrumentalist duo Pavel Šmíd and Martin Piro, but the real heart of...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2020

Review of String Theory

String Theory

We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3

Rating: ★★★★

Galway quartet We Banjo 3 here press home their ‘Celticgrass’ crossover credentials with their most confident and accomplished release to...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: October/2016

Review of Czary i Czarty

Czary i Czarty

Wicher

Godz ov War Productions

Rating: ★★

With last issue’s Devil’s Fiddle album, the recent Daj Ognia disc with its dance-of-death track and this Wicher release, maybe...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2021

Review of Denfila

Denfila

Donso

Comet Records

Rating: ★★★★

The second album from French electro producer Krazy Baldhead and crew builds on the success of Donso’s self-titled 2010 debut,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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