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Review of Rough Guide to Brazilian Café

Rough Guide to Brazilian Café

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

That the 50s singer Connie Francis was not so long ago hot DJ currency in Sao Paulo is perhaps the...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of An Angel Fell

An Angel Fell

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's appropriate that it's the German Strut label, home of the recent programme of Sun Ra re-releases, that has helped...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: July/2018

Review of Música Universal

Música Universal

Vocal Universo

Ansonica

Rating: ★

A capella music is surely even more of a matter of taste than Marmite, Jeremy Corbyn or coprophilia. While I...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2019

Review of Susuma

Susuma

Jembaa Groove

Top of the World

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Susuma harnesses the groove engine of West African highlife and hitches it to the sensitive stylings of 1970s soul. The...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2022

Review of Here and There

Here and There

Kibrom Birhane

Flying Carpet Records

Rating: ★★★★

Since its (then) undiscovered flowering in the 1970s, Ethio-jazz has spread around the musical world like an exotic plant. Before...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Charms Against Sorrow

Charms Against Sorrow

Hannah Sanders

Sungrazing Records

Rating: ★★★

Hannah Sanders spent much of her teens traversing the land in an old Bedford school bus, singing the traditional songs...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: June/2015

Review of Alerta Canibal

Alerta Canibal

Eskorzo

Rootsound

Rating: ★★★

Founders of Spain's mestizo movement, fusing salsa, rock, ska, funk, cumbia and the rhythms of Afrobeat with the attitude of...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2018

Review of Battlefield Dance Floor

Battlefield Dance Floor

Show of Hands

Proper Music

Rating: ★★★

This 18th studio album from Devon favourites Show of Hands treads territory their loyal fans know so well – a...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2019

Review of Dois Selos e um Carimbo

Dois Selos e um Carimbo

Deolinda

Top of the World

World Connection WC 43088

Rating: ★★★★

How can you top a debut album that has spent over 100 weeks in the Portuguese charts, powered by the...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: October/2010

Review of Mariza

Mariza

Mariza

Top of the World

Warner Music Portugal

Rating: ★★★★★

If Mariza's last album, 2015's Mundo, was her most ‘crossover’ sounding set to date, with its unique combination of pop...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

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