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Review of Time Captain

Time Captain

Ragged Union

Shining Castle Music

Rating: ★★★

Contemporary bluegrass- and rag-based groups often write and arrange their material to appeal to contemporary listeners – which might mean...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2017

Review of Deli

Deli

Victor Démé

Naïve Records NV821011

Rating: ★★★

This second album fro m Burkinabé guitarist Victor Démé is a brave and experimental release from a man who went...

Reviewed by Rose Skelton in issue: June/2010

Review of Pervane: Fl0yet fra Guds Hand

Pervane: Fl0yet fra Guds Hand

Sølvguttene & Kudsi Erguner

Kirkelig Kultureverksted

Rating: ★★★

Turkey is famous as a meeting point of East and West. Fittingly, Pervane (Butterfly) is a piece that was created...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2014

Review of Palaver

Palaver

Ebo Taylor | Ebo Taylor Jnr with Wuta Wazutu

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

One of the most satisfying rediscoveries of the crate-digging phenomenon of recent years has been Ebo Taylor, the veteran Ghanaian...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2019

Review of The Girl I Left Behind Me

The Girl I Left Behind Me

India Electric Co

Indiaelectricco.com

Rating: ★★★★

The hypnotic melodies, syncopated rhythms and pop hooks of this debut album from Devon folk duo Cole Stacey and Joseph...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2015

Review of Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

Fotheringay

Universal

Rating: ★★★★★

It's titled Nothing More because there is nothing more by Fotheringay out there than the 52 tracks on this three-CD...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2015

Review of The Maniacs

The Maniacs

The Maniacs

Paul Hutchinson Music

Rating: ★★★

Old English tunes and young English players have been making hay over the past few years with the likes of...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2020

Review of Sakidila

Sakidila

Pongo

Virgin Records

Rating: ★★★

Angolan-born, Lisbon-based singer and rapper Pongo already gained notoriety within the field of forward-thinking kuduro with her collaborations with Buraka...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2022

Review of Osmosi

Osmosi

Osmosi Trio

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Osmosi is a collage by three virtuoso Italian jazz-rock instrumentalists (Fabio Marconi, Alberto Pederneschi and Ivo Barbieri), blending styles from...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: April/2022

Review of Aistear

Aistear

Aisling Lyons

Aisling Lyons

Rating: ★★★★

Evidence that Aisling Lyons is the finest young Irish harpist at work today comes in the eight-time All-Ireland champion’s debut...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2022

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