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Review of No Place for My Dream

No Place for My Dream

Femi Kuti

Top of the World

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★★

The ninth album by Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela, sees him retain his crown as the true messenger...

Reviewed by Peter Adjaye in issue: July/2013

Review of Isle of Magic

Isle of Magic

Mop Mop

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013

Review of Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Universal Music

Rating: ★★★★

Originally formed back in 2003, as a quasi-attempt to set a new world record for the most horn musicians playing...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013

Review of Beyond Destruction

Beyond Destruction

Aida Nadeem

URUK Records

Rating: ★★★

This album has an impressive cast list. To name but three: Iraqi vocalist, and composer Aida Nadeem, Tunisian oud player...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: July/2013

Review of The Cook, the Clown, the Monk & the Accordionist

The Cook, the Clown, the Monk & the Accordionist

Maurizio Minardi

Belfagor Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based Italian musician Maurizio Minardi ventures here into the porous terrain that lies somewhere between folk, classical, jazz and improvisation....

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2013

Review of Holts and Hovers

Holts and Hovers

Three Cane Whale

Three Cane Whale

Rating: ★★★★

Three Cane Whale comprise Spiro member Alex Vann, Get The Blessing’s trumpeter Pete Judge and guitarist Paul Bradley of the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: July/2013

Review of African Griot Groove

African Griot Groove

Baba Sissoko

Goodfellas

Rating: ★★★

If you travel around the villages of West Africa, you will hear music played with a raw and earthy vigour;...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2013

Review of Conscription

Conscription

The Sexican

Math Records

Rating: ★★★

The deranged frontman known only as Mike H led his motley Danish crew The Sexican across their debut album The...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: July/2013

Review of Knock Knock Get Up

Knock Knock Get Up

David Wax Museum

Top of the World

Mark of the Leopard

Rating: ★★★★

These days the indie-folk gimmick is so over-used that it's easy to dismiss any band that daims to have folk/roots...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2013

Review of Bright Sunny South

Bright Sunny South

Sam Amidon

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

And now for something completely and compellingly different. Sam Amidon is an extraordinarily creative musician, a London-based Vermont native and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: July/2013

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