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Review of In the Wake of Neil Gunn

In the Wake of Neil Gunn

Mike Vass

Unroofed Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the early 20th century Neil Gunn was one of the most prolific and influential writers in Scotland, with a...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Goats

Goats

Xylouris White

Other Music Recording Company

Rating: ★★★★

The lute player George Xylouris grew up in Anogia, a town in the mountains of Crete not too far from...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of The Gnawa Berber

The Gnawa Berber

Simo Lagnawi

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

After dedicating his debut solo album, the bustling but tightly wound Gnawa London, to his adopted home city, Simo Lagnawi...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Together Not Apart

Together Not Apart

Backbeat Soundsystem

Easystar Records

Rating: ★★★

Cornwall may be famous for its coast, sunshine and laidback lifestyle – if you are a surfer with sufficient funds,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Shiwezwa

Shiwezwa

Namvula

Namvula

Rating: ★★★★

This is a very impressive debut from a young singer born in Zambia, but raised in Switzerland, Kenya and Scotland....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace

Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★

‘The Internationale’ was Topic Records’ first ever release, with the jollier ‘The Man that Waters the Workers’ Beer’ on the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Neva/Harmony

Neva/Harmony

Olcay Bayir

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★

A decade or so ago a Turkish singer covering songs from the Balkans to Armenia through Greece and Turkey...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Contigo

Contigo

Marta Gómez

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Marta Gómez is Colombian, sounds Brazilian, quotes the poetry of Spain's Federico García Lorca, has shared a stage with blues-rocker...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Lose an Hour

Lose an Hour

Effra

Smugglers Records

Rating: ★★★

Fiddle and mandolin player Tom Newell, guitarist Alex Bishop and accordionist Aidan Shepherd are the talented young trio Effra and,...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Kukurantumi

Kukurantumi

Amartey Hedzoleh

Chop Time Music

Rating: ★★★★

It is such a pleasure to hear some old-school Ghanaian highlife. In the 60s Amartey Hedzoleh was a member of...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

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