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Review of KELD

KELD

You Are Wolf

Firecrest Records

Rating: ★★★★

You Are Wolf is the name behind which hides Kerry Andrew, a singer and composer who is part of an...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018

Review of Undersong

Undersong

Salt House

Make Believe Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the wild waters of the straits between the isles of Harris and North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018

Review of Health is Wealth

Health is Wealth

Macka B

VP Records

Rating: ★

Macka B loves fruit and veg. So much so that the British-born dancehall veteran has released an album in dedication...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018

Review of Kraj za Miastem

Kraj za Miastem

WoWaKin Trio

BaBa Sound Studio

Rating: ★★★★

You wouldn’t guess it from the name, but WoWaKin are a trio of Polish musicians playing music mostly from the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2018

Review of Pobl ’B’ar Machine

Pobl ’B’ar Machine

Kreiz Breizh Akademi #6

Appentis Producteur

Rating: ★★★★

Beware of this musical UFO. Its sound is big, rather dark and yet extremely exciting. Using a wide range of...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: April/2018

Review of Sandwood

Sandwood

Duncan Chisholm

Copperfish Records

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from two major artistic endeavours in recent years – the award-winning, multi-media project Kin and his Strathglass Trilogy...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018

Review of The Art of Forgetting

The Art of Forgetting

Kyle Carey

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

The Art of Forgetting is a fine showcase for Kyle Carey's speciality – ‘Gaelic Americana’ – which sounds as you...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2018

Review of World Affairs

World Affairs

Mpho Majiga

Africantunz Records & Promotions

Rating: ★★

Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: April/2018

Review of Mes Racines

Mes Racines

Sabry Mosbah

Accords Croisés

Rating: ★★★★

The son of Slah Mosbah, a celebrated singer among Tunisia's marginalised black community from the southern desert lands on the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018

Review of Bondeko

Bondeko

Toto Bona Lokua

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2004, Cameroonian multi-instrumentalist Richard Bona, Congolese griot Lokua Kanza and the French-Caribbean musical adventurer Gerald Toto convened to...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2018

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