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Review of Pod

Pod

Afro Celt Sound System

Real World Records

Rating: ★★

Released in 2004, the original Pod was the penultimate album from the dance fusion supergroup before they ceased putting out...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Miliki Sound

Miliki Sound

Peter King

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

Mr Bongo’s Classic African Recordings series continues with a little-known Peter King set, originally released in the UK in 1975....

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Memories and Moments

Memories and Moments

Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott

Full Skies

Rating: ★★★★

Listening to Memories and Moments, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott’s much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s live album, We’re Usually a...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of ¡Saoco! Vol 2

¡Saoco! Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

With its subtitle, Bomba, Plena and the Roots of Salsa in Puerto Rico 1955¬1967, this second big Vampisoul sampler tries...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of One and All

One and All

The Fisherman’s Friends

Island Records

Rating: ★★★★

For years The Fisherman’s Friends entertained their mates, holidaymakers and most of all themselves, by singing shanties every week in...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Gold or Dust

Gold or Dust

Cocos Lovers

Smugglers Records

Rating: ★★★

This is the third album from the alt-folk, world music-infused eight-strong collective from Kent, and was conceived at the band’s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Habibi: Classics & Collaborations

Habibi: Classics & Collaborations

Natacha Atlas

Nascente

Rating: ★★★

Natacha Atlas’ back-catalogue has been open-cast mined in recent years, with both a Best Of and a cut-price box-set already...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of In Between Times

In Between Times

Gaudi

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

While Gaudi’s career has evolved from producer to solo artist, his experiments in electronica have always stayed true to dub....

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Traces of You

Traces of You

Anoushka Shankar

Deutsche Grammophon

Rating: ★★★★

This album is certainly Anoushka’s most personal to date, as most of the tracks are inspired by, or in memory...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Savor Flamenco

Savor Flamenco

Gipsy Kings

Top of the World

Knitting Factory Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the late 80s, the Gipsy Kings brought pop-flamenco to the world, becoming a household name and world music’s biggest...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

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