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Review of Fuego Por Dentro – The Fire Within

Fuego Por Dentro – The Fire Within

Anna Murtola

Alba

Rating: ★★★

A tasteful blend of tradition and innovation, Fuego Por Dentro – The Fire Withinis Finnish singer Anna Murtola's debut that ties together...

Reviewed by Shukri Habib Ali in issue: May/2019

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 Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★★

Admirers of 70s African music are living in high-cotton times, thanks to admirably dogged labels like Soundway and Analog Africa....

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Canaich

Canaich

Duncan Chisholm

Copperfish Records CPFCD004

Rating: ★★★★

As is traditional for a Scottish Highland male, fiddler Duncan Chisholm isn’t one to get too demonstrative in the material...

Reviewed by Sue Wilson in issue: October/2010

Review of Little Lights

Little Lights

Ailie Robertson

Lorimer Records

Rating: ★★★★

Robertson is a harpist of high renown, having won all manner of prizes for her virtuosic clàrsach (Celtic harp) playing....

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Prince Buster Shakedown

Prince Buster Shakedown

The Dualers

Phoenix City Records

Rating: ★★

During the 2-Tone wave that hit the UK in the late 1970s, covering Prince Buster tracks – as The Specials...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Curyman

Curyman

Rogê

Diamond West

Rating: ★★★★

A cursory listen to these 11 tracks suggests a lost classic from the golden age of Música Popular Brasileira. But...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2023

Review of Indo-Arabic Variations

Indo-Arabic Variations

Baligh Hamdi & Magid Khan

Altercat

Rating: ★★★

As this 1980 album has been increasing in value over the years (original copies appear to go for around £50...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2022

Review of Ossicles

Ossicles

Karl Seglem

Ozella

Rating: ★★★★

A musical journey connecting Africa and the Middle East to the mountains and valleys of Norway is one that few...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Gambit

Gambit

Ollie King

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Like many a young musician, the melodeon player and singer Ollie King also teaches. One of the subjects he offers...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

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