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Review of Botyiaki Ntembe

Botyiaki Ntembe

Wendo Kolosoy

IglooMondo

Rating: ★★★★

This two-CD package reissues two albums that book-ended the latter part of the veteran Congolese troubadour’s musical career. Antoine Wendo...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Kora Flamenca

Kora Flamenca

Zal Sissokho

Analekta

Rating: ★★

This album, by Montréal-based Senegalese kora player Zal Sissokho, is the fruit of the Centre des Musiciens du Monde, a...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: May/2021

Review of Marcha!

Marcha!

Lo Cor de la Plana

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

This is the third album from the male voice choir from the quartier of La Plaine in Marseille, who go...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of La Onda Vampi

La Onda Vampi

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Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2012

Review of Wednesday

Wednesday

Kayaan

Finalbrain/Christian Mueller

Rating: ★★

The cover artwork of this collaborative project very helpfully pigeonholes it as ‘Arabic jazz-rap’. It doesn't deceive. The formula pits...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2011

Review of The Bird Who Sings Freedom

The Bird Who Sings Freedom

Georgia Lewis

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Though this is the debut album from Wiltshire folk singer Georgia Lewis, she has been performing as a trio with...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2017

Review of Kifak Inta

Kifak Inta

Fairuz

wewantsounds

Rating: ★★

The retro-specialist Parisian label Wewantsounds continues its vinyl-only series of releases by Fairuz, the eminent Lebanese singer. This time it's...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2023

Review of Bhumika

Bhumika

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Toronto Tabla Ensemble

Rating: ★★★

Those in the West intrigued by India's rich musical traditions used to face a long trip to learn more. Now...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of African Journey

African Journey

Glenn Keiles

Right Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Glenn Keiles is an established composer and producer who first opened a studio in Brixton, London in 1982, spending the...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: October/2022

Review of She & I

She & I

Kirsty Merryn

Kirstymerryn.com

Rating: ★★★

Following in the footsteps of the likes of Seth Lakeman and Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Kirsty Merryn is another...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

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