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Review of A Number of Work

A Number of Work

Cooper and Toller

Hear the Din Music Ltd

Rating: ★★★

Cooper and Toller are a folk duo based in the Bristol area. Their debut album, A Number of Work, brings...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023

Review of Revolt for Change

Revolt for Change

Ebo Krdum

Epidemic Sound

Rating: ★★★

After his 2021 Top of the World album Diversity, Ebo Krdum has followed up with two albums for the royalty-free...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2023

Review of Basa Ahaide

Basa Ahaide

Haratago

La Grande Folie

Rating: ★★★★

Basa Ahaide, the debut release from French quartet Haratago, is a tough one to pigeonhole. The project of Basque musician...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: April/2023

Review of Abri Cyclonique

Abri Cyclonique

Polobi & the Gwo Ka Masters

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★

For the last five decades, Polobi, from Guadeloupe has been drumming and singing gwo ka music in the Caribbean island's...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2023

Review of Anskoonamakew slii Shansoon

Anskoonamakew slii Shansoon

Andrea Menard

Velvet & Hawk

Rating: ★★★★

It's not often that music recorded a few weeks ago evokes a vivid atmosphere of many centuries past. Andrea Menard's...

Reviewed by Marc Fournier in issue: April/2023

Review of Fireside Stories

Fireside Stories

Trevor Beales

Basin Rock

Rating: ★★★★★

Fireside Stories is an album that could break your heart. First and foremost, it's astonishingly beautiful. With expertly finger-picked guitar,...

Reviewed by Dan Hobson in issue: April/2023

Review of Being

Being

Baaba Maal

Marathon

Rating: ★★★★

After 2016's The Traveller, Baaba Maal wasn’t sure if he would ever make another solo album. He concentrated on his...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023

Review of The Best Of

The Best Of

John McCusker

Under One Sky Records

Rating: ★★★★

When he was just 19 years old, John McCusker gave up his place studying the violin at the Royal Scottish...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2023

Review of Wayo

Wayo

Moonlight Benjamin

Top of the World

Mas Case

Rating: ★★★★

On the opening title-track of Benjamin's third album, the guitar riffs explode like Led Zeppelin and the drums detonate like...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023

Review of Deaf and Dumb Blues

Deaf and Dumb Blues

Mwezi Waq

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

Located in the Indian Ocean between Tanzania and Madagascar, the tiny Comoro islands represent one of the lesser-known outposts of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2023

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