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Review of Öptüm

Öptüm

Sezen Aksu

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

Sezen Aksu is routinely hailed as the ‘Queen of Turkish Pop’. But it's a tag that grossly underplays her talent...

Reviewed by Sue Steward in issue: October/2011

Review of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett

Top of the World

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Emerging from The Gloaming's five-strong fold, Hardanger d'amore player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and pianist Thomas Bartlett have struck of to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019

Review of Awakening

Awakening

Yungchen Lhamo

Top of the World

Tibetan Arts Management/Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Tibetan singer and composer has been in exile from her birth land for over 30 years. Awakening is her...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: May/2022

Review of Weave

Weave

Jaywalkers

Root Beat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jaywalkers are a young trio from Rochdale and Cheshire, not hitherto known for being crucibles of bluegrass music. Jay Bradberry...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2015

Review of Guzo

Guzo

Samuel Yirga

Top of the World

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

It's not often that one is greeted by such a strong debut, so effortlessly shot through with intelligence and creativity....

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Lux

Lux

Afenginn

Westpark Music

Rating: ★★★

The group Afenginn comprises Kim Rafael Nyberg, a Finnish composer, and a collection of Danish musicians. They are working in...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Opus

Opus

Afenginn

Westpark Music 2 CDs

Rating: ★★★

While on tour in Australia, Finnish-born Copenhagen-based Kim Rafael Nyberg, Afenginn's frontman and composer, suffered an accident that left him...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2017

Review of Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

Reggae Power/Woman Capture Man

The Ethiopians

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★★

Whatever the line-up, vocal harmony group The Ethiopians have always been the vehicle of Leonard Dillon. A convert to Rastafarianism,...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2018

Review of Au Bout du Petit Matin

Au Bout du Petit Matin

Tao Ravao & Thomas Laurent

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Tao Ravao is a Madagascan-born musician with a French father and Malagasy mother whose family name he uses professionally. He...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2017

Review of Isle of Magic

Isle of Magic

Mop Mop

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Who are Mop Mop? It appears they are a multi-instrumental Italian seven-piece who have a passion for African diaspora music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2013

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