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Review of Namaz

Namaz

Baul Meets Saz

Top of the World

Seyir Muzik Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Some musical fusions languish in the superficial, achieving little more than a novel combination of disparate sounds, while others operate...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: December/2018

Review of Travels

Travels

Jake Shimabukuro

Entertainment One

Rating: ★★★

Hawaiian-Japanese ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro has been taking his humble instrument in new directions for some years. On this latest...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: November/2015

Review of Kadodi

Kadodi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nyege Nyege Tapes

Rating: ★★★★

The transliteration of ritual practice to the club dance floor is always an interesting – and often politically charged –...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: April/2019

Review of The Other Shore

The Other Shore

Marta Topferova

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Few artists are as cosmopolitan as Marta Topferova. Born and partly raised in Czechoslovakia, this 30-something singer-songwriter emigrated to the...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Jangar

Jangar

Khusugtun

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

From the first duo of highly impressive throat singing and the opening riff of the morin huur (horse head fiddle)...

Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: December/2020

Review of A Föld Hátán, S Az Ég Alatt (Székelyföldi Népzene Az Elmúlt 120 Évből)

A Föld Hátán, S Az Ég Alatt (Székelyföldi Népzene Az Elmúlt 120 Évből)

Marianna Nyitrai, Zoltán Juhász, Üsztürü Band

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★★

Zoltán Juhász, an ethnomusicologist and a renowned bagpipe, whistle and flute player joined Marianna Nyitrai, a famous folk singer, activist...

Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: March/2019

Review of I Love You Inna

I Love You Inna

Oumar Konaté

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★★

Hailing from Gao in northern Mali, Konaté's roots are steeped in the desert blues of the Songhai people. But the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019

Review of Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes

Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes

Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes

Community Music

Rating: ★★★

Traditional themes of family, community and social justice dominate the debut album by Sam Gleaves and Tyler Hughes, two young...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2017

Review of Taverne, Café Amán e Tekés

Taverne, Café Amán e Tekés

Orchestra Bailam

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

Orchestra Bailam have been around since 1989, with a respectable backlist discography still available. The core group of five guys...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Iquitos – Amazonía – Perú

Iquitos – Amazonía – Perú

Ranily su Conjunto Tropical

Analog Africa Vinyl & Digital Only

Rating: ★★★

Through the 1970s Raul Llerena (aka Ranil) took his band up and down the Amazon from their base in Iquitos,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2020

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