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Review of Sun Might Shine on Me

Sun Might Shine on Me

Grant Dermody

Grant Dermody

Rating: ★★★

To call Seattle's white harmonica master a bluesman would only tell you part of the story. For sure, he understands...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of Acabou Chorare

Acabou Chorare

Novos Baianos

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released on Som Livre in 1972, Acabou Chorare was recently voted the Best Brazilian Album Ever in a Rolling...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2016

Review of The Art of the Cheolhyeongeum Sanjo

The Art of the Cheolhyeongeum Sanjo

Yu Kyung-hwa

Inédit

Rating: ★★★

Sanjo is a popular Korean folk-art genre that builds as a sequence of movements, beginning slow and emotional, gradually increasing...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2016

Review of Arise

Arise

The Abyssinians

Front Line

Rating: ★★★★

Jamaican vocal trio The Abyssinians became legends with their seminal 1976 album Satta Massagana, which made an Afrocentric statement via...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2016

Review of Coffee Creek

Coffee Creek

Slocan Ramblers

SloMusic

Rating: ★★★★

What does modern bluegrass sound like? It sounds like The Slocan Ramblers – who sound a lot like the great...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016

Review of Tangled Country

Tangled Country

The Honey Dewdrops

Honey Dewdrops

Rating: ★★★

Fans of the softer, gentler end of the Americana spectrum will be drawn to Tangled Country, the fourth album by...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016

Review of Abale Ndikuwuzeni

Abale Ndikuwuzeni

Gasper Nali

Spare Dog Records

Rating: ★★★★

Let's start by introducing Gasper Nali's instrument, which is known as a babatoni. Once seen, it's never forgotten. It is...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2016

Review of Best Day

Best Day

Mairearad & Anna

Shouty Records

Rating: ★★★

Brought up in the Scottish Highlands, Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalists Mairearad Green and Anna Massie have developed a reputation for their accomplished,...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: March/2016

Review of Nação Zumbi

Nação Zumbi

Nação Zumbi

Circular Moves Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's close to 20 years since Nação Zumbi's original singer Chico Science died in a car accident, an event that...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2016

Review of Pompadour

Pompadour

Tim O’Brien

Howdy Skies

Rating: ★★★★

In the four years since his last solo recording, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien has been recording and touring with...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2016

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