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Review of Before the Sun

Before the Sun

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage

Sungrazing Records

Rating: ★★★★

Following her fine solo debut, Charms Against Sorrow, the singer and guitarist has teamed up with The Willows’ dobro player,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016

Review of In Hollywood, 1971

In Hollywood, 1971

Ravi Shankar

Northern Spy Records

Rating: ★★★★

In her liner notes for this project, first released on vinyl earlier this year, Ravi Shankar's widow Sukanya refers to...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: December/2016

Review of To the Tavern

To the Tavern

London Klezmer Quartet

London Klezmer Quartet

Rating: ★★★★

The expert players of the London Klezmer Quartet here weave their skills together to create another carefully crafted sonic offering,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: December/2016

Review of Truth be Told

Truth be Told

Shama Rahman

The Gung Ho Down

Rating: ★★★★

Shama Rahman's jazz flirts with trip-hop and acoustic music to such an extent that her French verses in the title-track...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: December/2016

Review of The Blue Road

The Blue Road

Snow Owl

Inner Circle Music

Rating: ★★

World music fusion comes in many shapes and forms but, in the case of Colombian bassist Juan Garcia-Herreros (aka Snow...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: December/2016

Review of Permanent War

Permanent War

Sir Jean & NMB Afrobeat Experience

Zaine Music

Rating: ★★

This French outfit comprise singer Sir Jean accompanied by the style-shifting brass band known as the NMB Afrobeat Experience. They...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2016

Review of Manara

Manara

Alsarah & The Nubatones

Top of the World

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Sudanese-American singer Alsarah and her Nubatones first showed up on the radar with their fantastic debut Silt in 2014. As...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2016

Review of Smokey Joe

Smokey Joe

FolkLaw

Fiddle of 8 Records

Rating: ★★★

FolkLaw are a folk-rock four piece from the Gloucester area of England – an easy-going part of the world. Their...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2016

Review of Vortex

Vortex

Methera

Methera Records

Rating: ★★★★

For their third album and tenth anniversary, the string quartet Methera convened at Home Farm Barns in Norfolk over three...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2016

Review of On Time

On Time

Daryl Shawn

Dimed

Rating: ★★★

Funded by a Kickstarter campaign, the fourth album by Daryl Shawn, a maestro of the nylon-string guitar who comes from...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016

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