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Review of Uyai

Uyai

Ibibio Sound Machine

Top of the World

Merge Records

Rating: ★★★★

The UK-based band fronted by British-Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams continue from where they left off – with confidence and swagger...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2017

Review of The Crown Prince of Reggae: Singles (1972-1985)

The Crown Prince of Reggae: Singles (1972-1985)

Dennis Brown

VP

Rating: ★★★★

The much-loved Dennis Brown (1957– 1999) was the outstanding solo reggae singer of his generation, his only rival being the...

Reviewed by Neil Foxlee in issue: March/2011

Review of Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias

Mujeres de Arena y Otras Historias

Amilcar Soto Rodriguez, Susana Baca & I Solisti Veneti

Rehegoo Music Group

Rating: ★★★

Amilcar Soto Rodriguez grew up as part of a musical family in Villa El Salvador on the Peruvian coast, a...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021

Review of Lamentations

Lamentations

Ngaiire

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★

Papua New Guinea-born singer Ngaiire Joseph (pronounced ‘Ny-rie’) is a little lady with a great big voice. She moved to...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2014

Review of Down in Jamaica: 40 Years of VP Records

Down in Jamaica: 40 Years of VP Records

VARIOUS ARTISTS

VP Records VINYL BOX SET

Rating: ★★★★★

Jamaican record producer Vincent Chin began in the jukebox trade, establishing the iconic Randy's Records shop at 17 North Parade...

Reviewed by David Katz in issue: March/2020

Review of Of Hard Times and Harmony

Of Hard Times and Harmony

Windborne

Windborne Singers

Rating: ★★★

Windborne are hailed as “the most exciting vocal group in a generation,” singing songs of social justice, past and present....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2022

Review of Haven

Haven

We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3

Rating: ★★★★

We Banjo 3's infatuation with bluegrass puts down its deepest roots yet in this fervent follow-up to 2016's String Theory....

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2018

Review of Encyclopedia of Arto

Encyclopedia of Arto

Arto Lindsay

Ponderosa Music & Art

Rating: ★★★★

A founding member of seminal New York ‘no wave’ band DNA and long a guitar-shredding pivot of New York's downtown...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2014

Review of This Too

This Too

Kinnaris Quintet

Kinnaris Quintet

Rating: ★★★

For the follow-up to their acclaimed debut album Free One in 2017, this Glasgow-based instrumental ensemble of fiddlers Laura Wilkie,...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: July/2022

Review of Entity

Entity

Qotob Trio

Choux de Bruxelles

Rating: ★★★

This album is from Belgium, a nation seemingly adept at encouraging musical collaborations between different communities – Voxtra's The Encounter...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: December/2017

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