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Stereophile (2/93, p.101) - "...[Cooder] plays this music with affection and respect; a gentle pastiche almost surpassing the originals...an album which will hit you intensely, with a sound quality to match..."9.105237
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Rolling Stone (2/4/71, p.56) - "...Cooder is the finest, most precise bottleneck player alive today..."Rolling Stone (9/30/71, p.42) - "...one of the most completely realized attempts at a contemporary approach to blues..."Q (8/95, p.137) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Cooder's ability to emulate the idiosyncrasy of his pre-pop heroes without imitating them on one hand or bowdlerising them on the other may yet be his genius, if not his fortune."Mojo (Publisher) (7/95, p.113) - "Eponymous debut finds our Ryland firmly in the grip of his mission to rediscover American folk....Guthrie's 'Do Re Mi', Blind Boy Blake's 'Police Dog Blues' and the barmy 'One Meat Ball' make for a formidable introduction."7.85497
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Rolling Stone (6/1/95, p.62) - "...ISTANBUL 1925 resurrects some of the classic cabaret singing and playing of that era--which includes some outrageous jazzlike clarinet solos--all from ancient 78s that were mastered digitally from the original metal parts, and they have a sound clarity that makes it seem as if they had arrived, magically, out of a time machine..."4.65339
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Down Beat (p.82) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "On 'Zarbi,' the sole live performance among the nine tracks, the band expands to a sextet....A sudden 90-degree turn into polytonality, it ends CROSSROADS on a pleasantly hypnotic note..."JazzTimes (p.67) - "Percussionist and bandleader Ian Dogole often seems as interested in providing coloration and texture as he does in driving things forward..."4.148586
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Q (1/01, p.112) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...A master class....He learnt guitar at Robert Johnson's knee, but developed his own jazz-inflected brilliance on 12-string, its subtle ebb and flow balancing harsh, dark lyrics and a rough old voice..."JazzTimes (11/00, p.69) - "...A rich tribute and a must for Delta fanatics..."4.112124
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Down Beat (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Revealing timbres he only hinted at in the past, Harris emotes lyrics that carry edgy political messages..."Dirty Linen (p.79) - "His band is very solid behind him and shows great dexterity with the music. A very interesting and intriguing disc."No Depression (p.106) - "the record bristles with social commentary and unrest and employs a roots-oriented sound as the broadcast platform."The Beat (Magazine) (p.13) - "[A] straightforward reggae release that is hard-hitting and sturdy, drawing on the classics..."4.112124
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Rolling Stone (p.71) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey strip down the hypnotic Tuareg guitar style of regional bands like scene-rulers Tinariwen and newcomers Toumast, often to a single electric circling an acoustic..."Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Traditional healing songs and ceremonial interludes add to the sense of unadorned authenticity."The Wire (p.65) - "As the disc progresses, its approaches become more varied and extreme, with a cappella vocal sections, exposed voice/guitar moments and traditional tea ceremony interludes."Dirty Linen (p.50) - "[A]n interesting recording that reflects a meeting of two cultures."Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.45) - "Niger's Etran Finatawa have toned down the electricity of their first album without sacrificing an ounce of vigor for their sophomore effort."Mojo (Publisher) (p.113) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "With both Tuareg and Wodaabe members, the group's sound resembles the acoustic blues of Tinariwen's debut album..."4.112124
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Down Beat (p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ost of the songs are fleshed out by guest artists....All his famous phrasing and instrumental tricks are present, but they've been enhanced by time."JazzTimes (p.46) - "Carter's tone -- alternately gruff and sensuous, always balancing melody and skronk -- of course gets the limelight."4.112124
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Down Beat (12/94, p.63) - 4 Stars - Very Good - "...hard-bop credibility....hot Afro-Cuban percussion interludes....the music really comes together on idiomatically integrated tunes..."JazzTimes (11/94, p.76) - "...advanced and fiery solos that stretch the hard bop tradition. The rhythm section...keep the proceedings consistently near the boiling level....this stimulating group succeeds in both the idioms that it explores, never neglecting the jazz in favor of Latin rhythms or vice versa..."4.112124
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Dirty Linen (p.50) - "[I]t does succeed in demonstrating his far-reaching cultural and stylistic interests and the profound influences he has had on roots music of the last several decades."Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "His soundtrack work is represented by spine-tingling excerpts from PARIS, TEXAS and SOUTHERN COMFORT, and his talent for whisking up a polyrhythmic stew of blues, cajun and zydeco shines on 'Let's Work Together.'"3.908186
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Rolling Stone (No. 982, p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Bjork's delicate compositions employ harp, glockenspiel and the sho, a fifteen-pipe Japanese instrument...."Uncut (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Bjork's vocals are a hypnotic midnight whisper, a continuation of MEDULLA's vocal layering techniques."Mojo (Publisher) (p.62) - Ranked #2 in Mojo's "2005 Soundtracks Of The Year."Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'Ambergris March' is a stunning, multi-tracked Bjrk performance....Exceptionally inventive."3.674362
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"...An eye-opening documentary expos....Supple and engrossing..." -- Rating:B+Entertainment Weekly "...Stylishly made..."Box Office "...A documentary as revealing as it is disturbing, one that engrosses as it at times repulses, a film that shifts from one moment to the next from the outrageously funny to the just plain outrageous..."Los Angeles Times "...A terse, skillfully edited documentary..."New York Times3.593772
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Rolling Stone (3/18/93, p.42) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...These 22 rousing performances show the Rising Sons to be the missing link between Beatlemania and the late-'60s electric-blues explosion, an exciting, highly commercial proposition that missed stardom by just a hairbreath..."Q (9/93, pp.102-103) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a classic debut..."Option (Jan/Feb 93, p.109) - "...gives a revealing look at Mahal's influences and a taste of how blues and folk were influencing the mid-60s shift to psychedelia..."Stereo Review (12/92, p.102) - "...when everything clicks, I defy the hair on the back of your neck not to stand up....here's a `lost' album that genuinely deserves exhumation....Not to be missed..."Stereophile (2/93, p.219) - "...you'll find here the same crisp, clear, uncluttered arrangements that Taj [later] perfected....a stone delight, and a lot more than a historical footnote..."3.349874
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