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Soul Of Armenia Djivan Gasparyan m396b
The title may be clichéd, but if any musician deserves such an accolade, it's Djivan.
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ABC123 To Rococo Rot 253r4c
ABC123 is hardly a giant step forward for electronica – more of a mildly engaging...
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The Queen of 'neo-soul' returns with another great album.
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Made In Dakar Orchestra Baobab 6f681y
Mk.2 of Dakar's finest just keep getting better...
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Townsville The Necks 312s2g
...a delightfully dreamy, drifting piece that rewards repeated listens and encourages...
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Take One Hallelujah Chicken Run Band 3415r
An hour later, you’ll be wanting to press replay.
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Friend of Gram Parsons, alt country icon and all-round wonderful singer. Emmylou's...
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Yes, U Devastations 72h4f
After 50 minutes, the dark, angst-ridden tone of much of Yes, U is a bit difficult to...
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Shine Joni Mitchell o3y8
In short, this is one hell of a comeback.
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La Radiolina Manu Chao x6336
La Radiolina sounds like a partially successful attempt to bridge the gap between the...
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Voxtrot Voxtrot k202z
Texan power pop? Lovely!
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In My Tribe 10,000 Maniacs 266w42
Natalie merchant and her band's greatest moment.
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Dog House Music Seasick Steve 414h3f
A Glastonbury favourite gets his first album re-appraised.
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Tangents Tango Siempre 6o1n42
Their music might be ‘tango always’ but this time the tangents they take are in...
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Mexican Boleros Various Artists 6n21o
...This is a fabulous retro adventure from start to finish.
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Full Of Life And Full Of Fire The Mendoza Line 3e1y3b
...It’s their way with slightly sinister rhyming couplets that really stands out
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OK Computer Radiohead 5l839
This is one of those rare albums that can be listened to as a single piece of music.
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Automatic For The People REM 6q1e1c
...turned them into one of the biggest bands on the planet...
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Zen Arcade Husker Du 6y3j4g
...widely considered one of their most seminal albums...
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White Blood Cells The White Stripes 5w3z6j
...a lean and highly engaging set.
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Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 2m2u4z
Roger Water's tribute to Syd - the recording was attended by Syd himself!
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Gypsy Carpet Esma Redžepova 655r36
...A welcome and overdue return.
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Zamazu Roberto Fonseca 5322k
'Zamazu' is a deftly varied and well-sequenced set that leaves a strong impression of...
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Slightly Sorry P.G.Six 115sg
'Slightly Sorry' reveals its charms only gradually, but with time emerges as an...
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My Name Is Buddy Ry Cooder 55f44
All in all, 'My Name Is Buddy' is easier to ire than actually enjoy.
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At San Quentin Johnny Cash 4l1s31
All in all, a superlative reissue.
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Aman Iman: Water Is Life Tinariwen 2k4x1i
As ‘difficult’ third albums go, this disc by the guitar-toting desert blues rebels...
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Seven Angels On A Bicycle Carrie Rodriguez r496u
This Mexican American fiddler and singer/songwriter is best known for her inspired...
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Sprinting Gazelle - Palestinian Songs from the Motherland and the Diaspora Reem Kelani 5n6746
The arrangements are varied and imaginative, in places quite jazz-inflected.
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Black Cadillac Rosanne Cash 1p371d
First album in four years from Rosanne Cash documents the loss of her father, mother...
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Boulevard de L'Independence Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra 2t4g5v
This album is the culmination of a decade of Friday night jam sessions at Bamako's...
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Dimanche a Bamako Amadou and Mariam 554d2o
It's the atmospheric use of ambient 'found sounds' and occasional novel instruments...
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Supervielle Bajafondo Tango Club 60503c
It works a lot better than the recent feeble attempts at rap fusions by Gotan Project,...
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Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya Various Artists 292440
A well sequenced selection of top quality grooves that takes the pulse of 21st century...
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Journeyman Gerry O'Connor 216s51
O'Connor lets the tunes speak for themselves, varying the arrangements with subtle...
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Más Tango Adriana Varela e5263
There's absolutely no doubt that tango is in very good hands, with artists of this...
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Eveningland Hem v6g2k
...beautifully crafted, yearning music with a strong emotional undertow...
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The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae Laura Veirs 3k2e2a
Veirs' slightly spooked voice conveys a strong sense of place, especially when she...
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Empire Builders Jason Ringenberg 4v2p22
Best known for his mid-eighties work with cowpunk tearaways The Scorchers, Jason...
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The Syliphone Years Bembeya Jazz 203cz
'..its hard to fault this superlative and long overdue re-issue, which commemorates a...
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Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection Shawn Colvin 5wy5g
Colvin has been labelled as one of the 'children of Joni', and freely its to a...
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Whendo Gangbe Brass Band 26h4x
The loping interplay of euphonium, trumpet, sax and trombone on 'Segala', and the...
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Tarefero De Mis Pagos Chango Spasiuk 1c3u37
'I can think of few better ways to spend an hour than with this, one of the very...
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Red and Green Ali Farke Toure 5n3z6i
..whether you're new to his music or not, there's no mistaking the broad appeal of his...
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Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabaté: In the Heart of the Moon Ali Farke Toure 515q44
It sounds like an established partnership made in heaven, demonstrating the kind of...
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Where The Time Goes Sandy Denny 1t4j44
More rarities from the archives documenting the early career of Britfolk's most...
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Just Beyond The River James Yorkston and The Althletes 6f1k1p
With all the fuss about Glasgow's rock scene dominating the UK media, it's refreshing...
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The Holland Handkerchief Mary Martlan 1d6q67
This tasteful and varied selection of largely traditional Irish songs puts her in the...
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Tekitoi? Rachid Taha 231l2s
'Tékitoi? is largely top-notch original material co-written by Taha with Hillage and...
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Jim Moray Jim Moray 6h136y
Among the more ambitious and radical post-millennial takes on the genre.
