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Review of Mud Doll

Mud Doll

Niraj Chag

Buzz-erk Records

Rating: ★★★

Single-handedly produced, recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered by British talent Niraj Chag, this is ambitiously lofty (if occasionally bombastic) cinematic...

Reviewed by Jon Mitchell in issue: November/2015

Review of Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83

Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★★

A dreadlocked mane, popularised eternally by Bob Marley, is an iconic image for Jamaican music. But would Rastafari have become...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: November/2015

Review of Fryd

Fryd

SVER

Folkhall Records

Rating: ★★★★

SVER describe themselves as ‘Norwegian folk music with relentless energy and seductive spark!’ It's the kind of phrase that usually...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: November/2015

Review of Espiral

Espiral

La Jose

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Since shaking off the nationalism of the Franco era, flamenco has looked in many directions to reclaim its roots and...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2015

Review of Amor y Muerte

Amor y Muerte

Voodoo Love Orchestra

Movimientos Records

Rating: ★★

This CD comes with a bright cover illustration and is full of roaring horns and fiery percussion. But this Brighton-based...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2015

Review of Selina

Selina

Fatau Keita & The Naawuni Bie Band

Goethe Institut

Rating: ★★★

This is a highly enjoyable and very lively album that mixes several contemporary African musical styles. At the core is...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015

Review of Watershed

Watershed

Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin

Dragonfly Roots

Rating: ★★★

This duo have made a big impact on the British folk scene – so much so that it feels strange...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2015

Review of Magnificent Creatures

Magnificent Creatures

Gren Bartley

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★

On solo album number three the singer-songwriter Gren Bartley has truly found his voice. It's quite a transformation. He has...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: November/2015

Review of Il Sesto Continente

Il Sesto Continente

La Banda di Piazza Caricamento

Felmay Records

Rating: ★★★

Though based in Genoa, La Banda di Piazza Caricamento is only Italian by location. The 12 members represent 12 nationalities...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2015

Review of St Germain

St Germain

St Germain

Top of the World

Parlophone

Rating: ★★★★

The French musician, composer and producer Ludovic Navarre (aka St Germain) burst onto the scene 20 years ago with Boulevard,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2015

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