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Review of Grounded

Grounded

Cara

Artes Records

Rating: ★★★

Originally due to be released as The Spell of Winter in December 2020, COVID-19 lockdowns have forced a much later...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2021

Review of A to Z

A to Z

Atongo Zimba

Atongo Zimba

Rating: ★★★★

This is Atongo Zimba’s first international release after 14 years and he could not have re-entered the musical fray in...

Reviewed by Bram Postumus in issue: January/February/2022

Review of A Matter of Life

A Matter of Life

Penguin Café

Editions Penguin Café

Rating: ★★★★

The Penguin Café ensemble, led by Arthur Jeffes, son of Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Simon Jeffes, has toured widely over the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

The South Pasifika Sound Project

South Pasifika Sound Project

Rating: ★★★

An Australian-based audio experiment, The South Pasifika Sound Project is the brainchild of musician-producer and traveller Paul Agar, who in...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: April/2021

Review of Outra Margem

Outra Margem

Vila Navio

André Coelho Rodrigues

Rating: ★★★

It is a tricky path, the one Vila Navio find themselves exploring: taking Portuguese traditional music and injecting it with...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Inspiration Information 4: Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen

Inspiration Information 4: Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen

Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen

STRUT043CD

Rating: ★★★★

Don’t mistake the superlatives that follow for unwarranted hype. If you don’t have this album at home to take you...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Gamelan of Java, Volume IV: Puspa Warna

Gamelan of Java, Volume IV: Puspa Warna

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Lyrichord

Rating: ★★★

Lyrichord's latest two discs highlight Javanese gamelan music's diversity. On Puspa Warna, musicians from central Java perform some of the...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: June/2011

Review of Temple of the New Sun

Temple of the New Sun

Xochimoki

Phantom Limb

Rating: ★★

This is a collection of songs originally released on cassette in the 80s; it's intriguing trying to imagine what the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2021

Review of Klezmer from the New World

Klezmer from the New World

Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko

Susi Evans & Szilvia Csaranko

Rating: ★★★★

This is a clarinet and accordion duo, Susi Evans being one of the best klezmer clarinettists of our day, playing...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2021

Review of Poems from Szék

Poems from Szék

Anna Sőregi

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

The Transylvanian village of Szék occupies an important place in the Hungarian folk tradition. It’s situated in Romania, but the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: August/September/2022

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