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Review of Stória, Stória…

Stória, Stória…

Mayra Andrade

Sterns STCD1109

Rating: ★★★★

Mayra Andrade’s confident 2006 debut Navega (reviewed in #44), brought her widespread acclaim. She was one of a number of...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2010

Review of Jorden Svart

Jorden Svart

Järventaus | Dluzewski

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

This is timeless Scandinavian simplicity itself: the dark-edged voice of Maria Järventaus set against the virtuosic strings of Gabbi Dluzewski....

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: July/2019

Review of On Eastern Way

On Eastern Way

Boris Kovac & David Yengibarian | Boris Kovac: & La Campanella

Multimedia Music

Rating: ★★★

Composer and saxophonist Boris Kovač is an intriguing figure in Serbian music. Born and based in the Vojvodina region in...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2013

Review of Maiteí America: Harps of Paraguay

Maiteí America: Harps of Paraguay

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Top of the World

Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40548

Rating: ★★★★

Most of the music here consists of harps and nothing else. Yet this album is a little beauty. Twenty of...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Åra

Åra

Erlend Apneseth Trio

Top of the World

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★★

Apneseth is on the move again. His previous albums have investigated a more purist Norwegian folk (even when he's penned...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2018

Review of Mirage

Mirage

Solana

Solana

Rating: ★★★

Founded in Valencia in 2012 as an itinerant acoustic folk trio but now based in Bristol with their current line-up...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2022

Review of Black Robert

Black Robert

Mama Rosin

GutFeeling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since releasing theirsecond album, Brule Lentement [reviewedin #68], which wasinfluenced by TheClash as well as 1920s zydeco squeezebox supremo AmedeArdoin,...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2011

Review of Mundo

Mundo

Mariza

Top of the World

Warner Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★★★

Mariza's last album, 2010's Fado Tradicional, was, as its title implied, a relatively conservative affair that lovingly restated a firm...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2015

Review of Silence is Bliss

Silence is Bliss

Naveen Kumar

Mirrorball Entertainment

Rating: ★★★

Although he is best known for his work on some of Indian cinema's most celebrated soundtracks – including AR Rahman's...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: March/2016

Review of Bride of the Zar

Bride of the Zar

Rango

Top of the World

30IPS HOR1821

Rating: ★★★★

Rango is the name of a wooden xylophone and of a tradition that stretches back to Sudanese tribal culture, to...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2010

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