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Review of La Onda Vampi

La Onda Vampi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

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

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

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