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Review of Om Suite Ohm

Om Suite Ohm

Harry Manx

Dog My Cat Records

Rating: ★★★★

The latest instalment of Harry Manx’s strange journey – his ninth solo album – is an engaging affair that will...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: July/2013

Review of Whip Jamboree

Whip Jamboree

Blackbeard’s Tea Party

BTP Records

Rating: ★★★

York six-piece Blackbeard’s Tea Party formed in 2009: first as a busking unit, then a ceilidh band and now as...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of Long Gone Out West Blues

Long Gone Out West Blues

Pharis & Jason Romero

Lula Records

Rating: ★★★

Long Gone Out West Blues is a worthy sequel to Pharis and Jason Romero’s first effort, A Passing Glimpse. It...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013

Review of The Bone Orchard

The Bone Orchard

Gavin Davenport

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★

Gavin Davenport is a folk singer gifted with a fine voice warmed by the northern vowels of Yorkshire, and the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: July/2013

Review of Easy and Bold

Easy and Bold

John & Tim Lyons

Veteran

Rating: ★★★

The label Veteran specialises in English, Scottish and Irish traditional folk, with a focus on the source singers you might...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

The Khoury Project

Institut du Monde Arabe

Rating: ★★★★★

This CD/DVD combination is absolutely brilliant, not least for the restoration of this ground-breaking animated film by the German Film...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2013

Review of Shruggy Ji

Shruggy Ji

Red Baraat

Sinj Records

Rating: ★★★

The US bhangra funk group Red Baraat is a collective of great musicians, knocking out hard-driven rhythms on dhol drum,...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: July/2013

Review of Modern Ghanaians

Modern Ghanaians

King Ayisoba

Makkum Records

Rating: ★★★

The name of King Ayisoba will fail to register the slightest flash of recognition on the faces of all but...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2013

Review of The Rough Guide to African Music for Children

The Rough Guide to African Music for Children

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

As the grandfather of a one-year-old, with a second grandchild on the way, this reviewer has been eagerly searching for...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013

Review of Hubcap Music

Hubcap Music

Seasick Steve

Fiction Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Californian bluesman’s fifth album doesn’t mess about. Following the sound of an engine revving up, opening track ‘Down on...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: July/2013

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