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Review of Unjugged

Unjugged

Jim Kweskin

Hornbeam

Rating: ★★★★

The Jim Kweskin Jug Band formed in 1963 and quickly leapt to the forefront of the US folk revival. In...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018

Review of Lysning

Lysning

Nils Økland Band

Hubro Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Nils Økland has a characteristic so often found in Norwegian music, a combination of humility and determination. He has had...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2018

Review of Eco do Futuro

Eco do Futuro

Da Cruz

Boom Jah Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's always refreshing to encounter a band that defies stereotypes, especially one with a lead singer who hails from balmy,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2018

Review of Soundspecies & Ache Meyi

Soundspecies & Ache Meyi

Soundspecies & Ache Meyi

MANANA Records

Rating: ★★★★

This thoughtful, affecting cross-cultural collaboration between British production duo Henry and Olly Keen (Soundspecies) and veteran Afro-Cuban ensemble Ache Meyi...

Reviewed by Jordan Barnes in issue: March/2018

Review of Neotolian Song

Neotolian Song

Neotolia

Interrobang Records

Rating: ★★★

Had Kate Bush come from Cappadocia, she might have sounded something like Turkish-born, Boston-based singer-songwriter Nazan Nihal. With her musical...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2018

Review of No Land

No Land

Olivier Mellano, Brendan Perry & Bagad’ Cesson

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Brendan Perry's voice is a deep, sonorous instrument that carries all before it: a strong tidal river without a shore....

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2018

Review of In Time

In Time

Akshara Music Ensemble

Blue-Skinned God Records

Rating: ★★★★

The most impressive aspect of this tight debut from the New York-based Akshara Music Ensemble is their brilliant manipulation of...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2018

Review of The Worst is Yet to Come: Best Of 1995-2017

The Worst is Yet to Come: Best Of 1995-2017

Los Plantronics

Jansen

Rating: ★★

Norway's Los Plantronics have been rocking for more than 20 years now, hence this double CD or double-vinyl compilation. The...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2018

Review of Deadly Hearts

Deadly Hearts

VARIOUS ARTISTS

ABC Music

Rating: ★★★

A tribute album of cover versions of iconic Australian indigenous-oriented songs that have impacted on younger Aboriginal musicians, Deadly Hearts...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018

Review of Rais

Rais

Kuenta i Tambu

Buchi Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tambu music from Curaçao is a drum-based genre that has incredible significance for the islanders. It is a particularly social...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: March/2018

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