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Review of The Poor Shall Wear the Crown: Songs by Leon Rosselson

The Poor Shall Wear the Crown: Songs by Leon Rosselson

Nancy Kerr

Little Dish Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 2020 when the UK locked down because of COVID-19 and live performance was impossible, Nancy Kerr had a bright...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2022

Review of Houdou Nisbi

Houdou Nisbi

Ziad Rahbani

wewantsounds

Rating: ★★★★★

Drum roll, please – and a sinewy horn line and psychedelic Moog squiggle – for the vinyl release of this...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022

Review of Lysbærer

Lysbærer

Nanna Barslev

By Norse Music

Rating: ★★★

Lysbærer could easily be the soundtrack to any of the popular Viking series available on our screens and it’s the...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: May/2022

Review of Şatellites

Şatellites

Şatellites

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★★

Şatellites are a brilliant Tel Aviv Turkish-psych cover band – but they’re also much more than that. Some of their...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: May/2022

Review of The Strings of São Domingos

The Strings of São Domingos

Ano Nobo Quartet

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★★

Gently swaying rhythms as effortless as lapping waves, melodies infused with the sweet melancholic longing of saudades: the music of...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: May/2022

Review of Wganda Kenya

Wganda Kenya

Wganda Kenya

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Wganda Kenya were a studio group of Colombian musicians created to offer a homegrown alternative to the increasingly-popular African and...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: May/2022

Review of High on Life

High on Life

Marvara

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

What hits you immediately upon initially listening to Marvara’s debut release is the incredible whirlwind of energy coming from the...

Reviewed by James Roriston in issue: May/2022

Review of Never Slow Down

Never Slow Down

The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

In the fall of 2019, when The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys made their Grand Ole Opry debut, their third album, Toil,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: May/2022

Review of twelvemonth and a day

twelvemonth and a day

Wolf & Clover

Wolf & Clover

Rating: ★★★

Based in Columbus, Georgia, this sextet boasts three professors, a music academy director, doctoral candidate and orchestra executive in its...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2022

Review of The Great Jamaican Songbook, Vol 1

The Great Jamaican Songbook, Vol 1

Cleveland Watkiss

Cdubya Music/CDUB 1

Rating: ★★

Cleveland Watkiss is known both as a gifted jazz vocalist and a founding member of Metalheadz – the drum’n’bass outfit...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2022

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