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Review of Sounds from the Saray

Sounds from the Saray

Ensemble Marâghî

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★

Apparently taken prisoner in his youth by marauding Tatars and sold at the slave market in Constantinople, Wojciech Bobowski (c1610-1675)...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: April/2022

Review of The Wind Horse

The Wind Horse

Anda Union

Top of the World

Hohhot Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Anda Union were Songlines ‘ favourite band at WOMAD this summer. From Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia (the part...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Mistico Mediterraneo

Mistico Mediterraneo

Paolo Fresu, A Filetta & Daniele di Bonaventura

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

That the simple movement of air can make such haunting sounds as the opening of this album is miraculous. The...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: July/2011

Review of Mãe

Mãe

Liana

Crowd Records

Rating: ★★★

Mãe (Mother) is Liana’s take on motherhood in our present age of anxiety. It’s her fourth solo album (she has...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: October/2020

Review of The Best Boleros from the Costa Chica

The Best Boleros from the Costa Chica

Mexico: Luz de Luna

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

The ‘Costa Chica’, or ‘little coast’, is the stretch of Pacific shore that runs from south of Acapulco to the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2018

Review of At Dawn of Day

At Dawn of Day

Barluath

Barluath Recordings

Rating: ★★★

At Dawn of Day, the second album from Barluath, a still-fresh, still-developing new addition to the Scots music scene, is...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2015

Review of Recanto

Recanto

Gal Costa

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Almost half a century after Gal Costa first teamed up with him, Recanto sees Caetano Veloso taking her back to...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: July/2012

Review of Walsh & Pound

Walsh & Pound

Walsh & Pound

Rooksmere Records

Rating: ★★★★

In these uninspiring times, in which Autotune software retains a strange stranglehold over popular music, Walsh & Pound might seem...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: July/2011

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

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