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Review of Bulevar 2000

Bulevar 2000

Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible

Because Music

Rating: ★★★

When the Tijuana DJs and musicians Ramón Amezcua (aka Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (aka Fussible) presented this album at the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2011

Review of Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa

Yes We Can: Songs About Leaving Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Outhere Records OH017

Rating: ★★★★

Exile, and the pain of separation, have always inspired some great music and this cleverly conceived and refreshingly original compilation,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2010

Review of Behave the Bravest

Behave the Bravest

Nuala Kennedy

Under the Arch Records

Rating: ★★★★

Can Nuala Kennedy really be celebrating ten years as a solo artist? It is hard to believe, but Behave the...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2016

Review of Baifang

Baifang

Hanggai

Harlem Records

Rating: ★★★★

For their ‘difficult third album,’ Beijing's finest Mongolian band have taken a boldly rocky step on from their traditional roots,...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: July/2014

Review of Vivir Sin Miedo

Vivir Sin Miedo

Buika

Warner

Rating: ★★★

Concha Buika, a Spanish singer of Equatorial Guinean descent, walks a narrow, obstacle-strewn path between styles, cultures and languages. Sometimes...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2016

Review of Dogo Du Togo

Dogo Du Togo

Dogo Du Togo

Massama Dogo

Rating: ★★★★

This self-titled debut is the solo project of Serge Massama Dogo, Togolese founder of the Afropop band Elikeh. Born in...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: March/2023

Review of Compay Son con Pasión

Compay Son con Pasión

Grupo Compay Segundo

Playasound

Rating: ★★★★

At first glance this CD looks off-putting: the sleeve being reminiscent of a flier taped to the desk of a...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of The Hind Wheels of Bad Luck

The Hind Wheels of Bad Luck

Cath & Phil Tyler

No-Fi NEU018

Rating: ★★★★

In an era in which female folk voices are either breathy and virginal or histrionic and attention-seeking, Cath Tyler’s voice...

Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Somebody Shake the Tree

Somebody Shake the Tree

Mihirangi

Ruru Records

Rating: ★★★

Mihirangi has always trod a very independent musical path. Raised on the road with her musician parents, she’s a born...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2013

Review of Silt

Silt

Alsarah & The Nubatones

Top of the World

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

While US-based Sudanese singer Alsarah appeared on our radar last year with her work as part of the Nile Project,...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2014

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