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Review of New Moon

New Moon

Hò-Rò | Hò-rò

Hò-Rò Music

Rating: ★★★

The second album from Highland septet Hò-rò continues on the path of combining their native traditions with an outward-looking approach...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: July/2022

Review of Kinshasa One Two

Kinshasa One Two

DRC Music

Warp Records

Rating: ★★★★

Damon Albarn is famous for breaking down musical barriers and exploring new ways in which music¬ians can work together –...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Left Foot Dance of the Yi

Left Foot Dance of the Yi

Shanren

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Chinese rock musicians have long sought inspiration in the earthy sounds of folk music, often derived from the ethnic minorities....

Reviewed by Rowan Pease in issue: July/2014

Review of Yn Fyw

Yn Fyw

Y Glerorfa

Live Sain SCD2607

Rating: ★★★

This is a heart-warming disc. It's the recording of a performance in Caernarfon – the heart of Welsh Wales –...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2010

Review of Barely Ann-Mari

Barely Ann-Mari

Irina Björklund & Pauanne

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★

Peacemaker is a successful Finnish TV series starring Finnish singer and actress Irina Björklund in the leading role of Ann-Mari...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: January/2021

Review of Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos

Buenosaurios: Leyendas de la Noche de los Tangos

Acho Estol y la Orquesta Moscas de Bar

Galileo

Rating: ★★★

Acho Estol is one of Argentina's leading contemporary tango lights, best known for his performances with his band La Chicana,...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of The American Clavé Recordings

The American Clavé Recordings

Astor Piazzolla

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Astor Piazzolla took tango out of the ballroom and out of Argentina. Producer and label founder Kip Hanrahan’s mid-1980s recordings...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2022

Review of Music for the Mother

Music for the Mother

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Underwater Panther Coalition

Rating: ★★

The Sierra Nevada is a special mountain range. On the Caribbean coast, it’s the highest peak on any ocean and,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: January/2021

Review of O’Roma

O’Roma

Marcela

Jamalafak/Music Box Publishing/Socadisc

Rating: ★★★★

I’ve gone years without hearing Slovak Roma music then receive two new albums in the same month – Júlia Kozáková’s...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2022

Review of Quarter to Six

Quarter to Six

Idan Raichel Project

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

Idan Raichel has become an important figure in Israeli music – this album has already gone double platinum there –...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: March/2014

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