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Review of Live in France

Live in France

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rubyworks

Rating: ★★

Who would ever have thought that two Mexican guitarists who busked the streets of Dublin would turn out to be...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2011

Review of Slide Guitar Ragas from Dusk Till Dawn

Slide Guitar Ragas from Dusk Till Dawn

Debashish Bhattacharya

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Grammy-nominated pioneering slide-guitarist is back with another brilliant album, tracing an Indian classical journey from dusk till dawn. Beginning...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: July/2015

Review of Eusebio

Eusebio

Giulia y Los Tellarini

Maik Maier CDMM01

Rating: ★

Two years ago the Italian singer Giulia Tellarini and her chums were among the multi-national swarms of tourists strumming guitars...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010

Review of Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010

Live On Tour: Union Chapel November 2010

The Gift Band | Various Artists

Scarlet Records

Rating: ★★★★

There's not been, to my knowledge, a live album from Norma Waterson. So give a warm hand, please, for this...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Music from the Penguin Cafe

Editions Penguin Cafe EPC023

Rating: ★★★★

Between 1972 and 1997, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra cut a unique and much¬loved swathe through that musical realm where folk,...

Reviewed by Tim Camming in issue: October/2010

Review of Poor Stuart

Poor Stuart

Ben Somers

Fem Records

Rating: ★★★

In Poor Stuart the London-born singer, double bassist and saxophonist has produced a rather extraordinary acoustic album of songs that...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2018

Review of Lamwong: Freedom Fighters

Lamwong: Freedom Fighters

Acholi Machon

IRL

Rating: ★★★

The musicians from the Acholi tribe in remote northern Uganda were recorded on Lamwong by producer Ian Brennan, known for...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Espontáneo: The Abdala Sessions

Espontáneo: The Abdala Sessions

Maykel Elizarde, Dayron Ortega Guzmán, & Eduardo Silveira

Ansonica Records

Rating: ★★★

Meaning ‘Spontaneous’, Espontáneo is more a recording of a coincidental collective than a band per se. While in Havana working...

Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: May/2019

Review of Kaani

Kaani

Tal National

Top of the World

FatCat Records

Rating: ★★★★

All credit to hip UK indie label FatCat for picking up this fine album. Kaani (Happy) is actually the third...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2013

Review of Mi Mundo

Mi Mundo

Brenda Navarrete

Alma Records

Rating: ★★★★

Go looking for music off the beaten Buena Vista track in Havana, and chances are you’ll come across Brenda Navarrete....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2018

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