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Review of Lebanon Elevator

Lebanon Elevator

Kamel Nitrate

Kamel Nitrate

Rating: ★

Kamel Nitrate are to all intents and purposes a fusion band, mixing funk, trip-hop and Arab drum styles. Unfortunately, the...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2018

Review of Olagón

Olagón

Eighth Blackbird

Cedille

Rating: ★★★★

Inspired by the ancient Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, the story being recast by poet Paul Muldoon as a caustic,...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: April/2018

Review of Intersection

Intersection

Tania Saleh

Kirkelig Kulturverksted

Rating: ★★★

Where do you even begin to start with the situation in the Middle East? So many artists have tried to...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2018

Review of Ao Longe Já Se Ouvia

Ao Longe Já Se Ouvia

Sopa de Pedra

Turbina

Rating: ★★★

Formed in Oporto in 2012, Sopa de Pedra is a ten-woman a capella group who take their name from a...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: April/2018

Review of Aria

Aria

Richard Galliano & Thierry Escaich

Jade

Rating: ★★★

The witty liner notes to this collaboration liken the meeting between accordionist Richard Galliano and organist Thierry Escaich to a...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2018

Review of One Rainy Evening

One Rainy Evening

Naomi Vercauteren Trio

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★

Belgian violinist Naomi Vercauteren studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, where she carried out research into bowing...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2018

Review of Leeroy Presents: Fela is the Future

Leeroy Presents: Fela is the Future

Leeroy

BMG

Rating: ★★

A French hip-hop and beatboxing hero from the early 2000s, Leeroy is at the controls here as curator and producer...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: April/2018

Review of Radiant Others

Radiant Others

Dan Blacksberg

Dan Blacksberg

Rating: ★★★

We are, perhaps, most familiar with the sound of a clarinet or violin taking the lead in instrumental klezmer music....

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2018

Review of Bare Knuckle

Bare Knuckle

Chris Stout & Catriona McKay

Top of the World

Bare Knuckle Music

Rating: ★★★★

Across 20 years of playing together, Chris Stout and Catriona McKay have developed an international reputation for making striking string...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2018

Review of Vessel of Love

Vessel of Love

Hollie Cook

Merge Records

Rating: ★★★★

Reggae fans still unaware of Hollie Cook should be very excited. Describing her music as ‘tropical pop,’ the West London...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: April/2018

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