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Review of Fiat Lux

Fiat Lux

Tarta Relena

La Castanya

Rating: ★★★

Tarta Relena – Barcelona-based singers Helena Ros and Marta Torrella – was born in 2016 out of a project to...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2022

Review of El Hal/The Feeling

El Hal/The Feeling

Electric Jalaba

Top of the World

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

El Hal/The Feeling is the first album in five years from the Anglo-Moroccan septet, led by the gimbri and voice...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2021

Review of Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra & His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra

Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra & His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra

Sun Ra

Strut

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a real treat. If you’re not familiar with Sun Ra then you are missing out on one of...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of The Flood

The Flood

The Lyre Ensemble

Lyre of Ur

Rating: ★★★

In 2003 the harpist Andy Lowings set about creating a playable replica of the earliest known stringed instrument, the Gold...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2015

Review of Music from the Source

Music from the Source

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Riverboat Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

As they celebrate 25 years, this double CD is clear proof that Riverboat Records is Britain’s most prolific and wide-ranging...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014

Review of Ulaid

Ulaid

John McSherry, Dónal O’Connor & Seán Óg Graham

Ulaidmusic.com

Rating: ★★★★

Proof that virtuosity isn’t all about ego, volume and speed comes in the form of this appealingly relaxed debut from...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2016

Review of Aurora: Remixes & Originals

Aurora: Remixes & Originals

Azymuth

Far Out Recordings (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

To celebrate Azymuth’s 40-something years and 25 studio albums together, the band’s label, Far Out, commissioned an album full of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2013

Review of Melanie

Melanie

L’Orchestre Afrisa International

Colomotion Records

Rating: ★★★★

These are new recordings of classic repertoire, mostly from the 70s and 80s, when Tabu Ley Rochereau led this wonderful...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2017

Review of The Borametz Tree

The Borametz Tree

C Joynes & The Furlong Bray

Thread Recordings VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

There's a lot to enjoy under The Borametz Tree, a musical interzone from Cambridge guitarist C Joynes, encompassing desert blues...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2019

Review of Golpes y Flores

Golpes y Flores

Eliana Cuevas

Alma Records

Rating: ★★★

Eliana Cuevas has a superb voice – her timbre is polished, her manner effortless, her enunciation packing something of the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018

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