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Review of Faileasan (Reflections)

Faileasan (Reflections)

Joy Dunlop

Sradag Music

Rating: ★★★

Faileasan (Reflections) is the result of personal and scholarly research into Argyll's music and Gaelic cultural traditions – one that...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: March/2013

Review of Otherworldly

Otherworldly

The Pyramids

Disko B

Rating: ★★★

The Pyramids formed at Antioch College, Ohio in 1972 as an avant– garde cosmic jazz band, influenced by the likes...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2013

Review of Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition

Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition

Stephen Wade

Smithsonian Folkways

Rating: ★★★

It's easy to connect with author and banjoist Wade's love of American folk music. It radiates from his book, The...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2013

Review of The Rough Guide to Samba

The Rough Guide to Samba

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

In this latest incarnation of The Rough Guide to Samba, compiler John Armstrong works from a generous definition of Brazil's...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2013

Review of On Eastern Way

On Eastern Way

Boris Kovac & David Yengibarian

NarRator Records

Rating: ★★★

Composer and saxophonist Boris Kovač is an intriguing figure in Serbian music. Born and based in the Vojvodina region in...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2013

Review of One Love, One Life

One Love, One Life

Beres Hammond

VP Records

Rating: ★★★

Despite being an unremarkable figure during reggae's golden era in the 70s, Beres Hammond has created a contemporary two-disc album...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2013

Review of Build

Build

Rupa & the April Fishes

Electric Gumbo Radio Music

Rating: ★★★

Indian-American singer-songwriter Rupa Mayra and her troupe of San Francisco-based activist musicians return with their sophisticated global sound-world and rebellious...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: March/2013

Review of Não Tente Compreender

Não Tente Compreender

Mart'nália

Biscoito Fino

Rating: ★★

Like Moreno Veloso, Preta Gil and Maria Rita, Mart'nália Mendonça Ferreira is the child of famous musical parents. Her mother...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2013

Review of Riots in the Jungle

Riots in the Jungle

Skip & Die

Crammed Discs

Rating: ★★★★

Skip & Die are an enigmatic creative duo who've made a debut album that could and should be reviewed by...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

Review of Balkan Beats SoundLab

Balkan Beats SoundLab

Robert Soko

Piranha

Rating: ★★★

You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

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