P357 Teletext 357 Jul18 23:22:27 U U ——————————————————————————————————————— DJELIMADY TOUNKARA Solon Kong (Marabi) One of West Africa's most influential musicians by dint of his time with the pioneering Rail Band, Tounkara delivers his first album for four years. As with that album, the award-winning Segue, it's a blur of brilliant acoustic guitar with a series of powerful singers adding to the texture. It is alternately thrilling and graceful, passionate and beautiful, frenzied yet mellow. If that sounds a contradiction, that's its joy. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— by Colin Irwin GOT A CAMERA PHONE? SEND US A WACKY PHOTO AND WIN £250!! SEE p682 Tours Tours GameCentral Loans AdP357 Teletext 357 Jul18 23:12:29 U UU ——————————————————————————————————————— THE KENNEDYS Half A Million Miles (Appleseed) Married duo Pete and Maura Kennedy have adopted various different styles along the way, suspiciously trying to rock out on occasions. Here they've gone the Americana route and it suits them. Mellow, melodic songs with nostalgic lyrics and a feel- good acoustic sensibility. They may have discovered, as others have before them, that natural is best. It won't raise any blood pressures but it is unthreateningly attractive. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— This week's new singles 353 Get your daily Marjorie Orr horoscope sent to your mobile See p108 Tours Tours GameCentral Loans AdP357 Teletext 357 Jul18 23:12:11 U ——————————————————————————————————————— ALBERT KUVEZIN & YAK-KHA Re-Covers (Yak-Kha) (uvan throat music meets rock'n'roll... something's got to give. Shame it's my ears. Yak-Kha are just about the most thrilling live band I've ever seen but Kuvezin's Tom Waits style takes on the likes of Led Zeppelin, Kraftwerk and Captain Beefheart do smack of novelty. Inventive and ingenious but when we get a painful version of Hank Williams's Rambling Man and a Wild Mountain Thyme growlathon it's time to bale out. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Can you beat the bamboozles? 140 Bamboozle fan ? Play it on your mobile! See p684 Tours Tours GameCentral Loans AdP357 Teletext 357 Jul18 23:14:22 ——————————————————————————————————————— MADDY PRIOR Collections (Park) A 23-track collection of the last 10 years of Prior's solo material sees her taking on some of the tradition's most epic material, like classic incest ballad Sheath And Knife. She lacks the intimacy of (ony Rose and, say, June (abor's stark power, but is still a fine singer, even if some of the arrangements are sugar-coated. The ubiquitous Yellow Handkerchief and John Barleycorn features and a live segment is thrown in for good measure. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— All the lastest roots news 356 DRIVE A REAL BARGAIN: CARS p700 Tours Tours GameCentral Loans AdP357 Teletext 357 Jul18 23:11:02 U UU ——————————————————————————————————————— MARTIN GRAEBE & SHAM COWAN Parallel Strands (WildGoose) Himself a songwriter in the trad style of no mean reputation, Graebe has painstakingly researched the work of Victorian song collector Baring-Gould. This has resulted in the discovery of some long-neglected manuscripts revived here by a relatively new vocal pairing. Graebe's own songs also feature with endearing simplicity, although they'd benefit from more animated arrangements and could do with some livening up. ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— WeWre Ace for pop music too 380 THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT p300 Tours Tours GameCentral Loans AdP357 Teletext 357 Jul18 23:21:24 Advert 6/6 YOUR PERFECT CAR 700 From MPVs to sports cars, our new section can help you find the best deal around. NEWS/FEATURES 701/702 Breaking stories for motorists, and a more detailed look at current issues. Tours Tours GameCentral Loans Ad