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Review of Ruins/Adfeilion

Ruins/Adfeilion

The Gentle Good

Bubble Wrap Records

Rating: ★★★

This is very highbrow folk. Gareth Bonello – aka The Gentle Good – is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and general thinker....

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2016

Review of Kuma

Kuma

Kankou

Cannery Row Records

Rating: ★★★★

The niece of ngoni maestro Bassekou, Kankou Kouyaté first came to our attention as part of Damon Albarn's Africa Express...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2020

Review of Haoloto

Haoloto

Te Vaka

Warm Earth WMCD1008

Rating: ★★★★

With half-Tokelauan, half-Tuvaluan bloodlines, Te Vaka headman Opetaia Foa’i was born in Samoa, moved to New Zealand as a child,...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2010

Review of Mentro

Mentro

Gwen Màiri

Sbrigyn Ymborth

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this album is taken from a traditional tune, ‘Mentra, Gwen’ (Venture, Gwen). How could Gwen Màiri resist...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: May/2020

Review of Opa Hey!

Opa Hey!

Kottarashky

Top of the World

Asphalt Tango CD-ATR 2609

Rating: ★★★★

On first glance, young producer Kottarashky could be seen as some slow-off-the-mark Johnny-come-lately. The Balkans are, after all, a territory...

Reviewed by Nige Tassell in issue: March/2010

Review of So Familiar

So Familiar

Steve Martin & Edie Brickell

Rounder

Rating: ★★★

So Familiar is the follow-up to Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's 2013 debut duo album, Love has Come for You....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2015

Review of Oulad Lghaba

Oulad Lghaba

Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou

Top of the World

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★★

Much fuss is being made over the young Gnawi maalma (female maalem) Asmâa Hamzaoui, who, still in her early 20s,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Goddess: Indian Music in Celebration of Goddesses around the World

Goddess: Indian Music in Celebration of Goddesses around the World

Baluji Shrivastav

ARC Music 05111

Rating: ★★★

Baluji Shrivastav’s concept album takes us on a musical explor¬ation celebrating myths surrounding female deities around the globe. With its...

Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of Em Casa Com os Gil

Em Casa Com os Gil

Gilberto Gil

Gege Produções Artísticas

Rating: ★★★

Released to coincide both with Gil’s 80th birthday and the Amazon documentary series At Home With the Gils, this soundtrack...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Review of At Pioneer Works

At Pioneer Works

Les Filles de Illighadad

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★★

Unique among the thriving Touareg guitar band scene, three of the four members of Les Filles de Illighadad are women...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021

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