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Review of Scatter the Light

Scatter the Light

Eileen Ivers

Musical Bridge Records

Rating: ★★★

Scatter the Light, the latest album by Grammy-winning violin virtuoso Eileen Ivers, is jam-packed with tracks showcasing the Irish-American's nonpareil...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020

Review of Sounds of Mirrors

Sounds of Mirrors

Dhafer Youssef

Anteprima

Rating: ★★★

Born into a long line of muezzins (men who call Muslims to prayer), Dhafer Youssef discovered his own melodic voice...

Reviewed by Russell Higham in issue: March/2019

Review of I Can See the Gates of Heaven

I Can See the Gates of Heaven

Marta Sebestyén

World Village 450009

Rating: ★★★★

Marta Sebestyén is foremost amongst Hungary’s traditional international fame thanks to her recordings with the band Muzsikás, released on Joe...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of King of Kwassa Kwassa: The Best of Kanda Bongo Man

King of Kwassa Kwassa: The Best of Kanda Bongo Man

Kanda Bongo Man

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

Kanda Bongo Man is one of the most successful exponents of the soukous style of music – the exuberant ‘bubblegum’...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Indiamore

Indiamore

Chassol

Tricatel

Rating: ★★★

The first track on pianist and composer Christophe Chassol's new album exists almost to un-prepare you for the creative explosion...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: October/2014

Review of Puput

Puput

Cocanha

Top of the World

Pagans/Dardalh

Rating: ★★★★

By singing in the ancient French regional Occitan language accompanied mainly by bodily percussion, this all-female vocal group will inevitably...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2021

Review of Body & Voice

Body & Voice

Gino Sitson

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★

Gino Sitson is a New York-based vocalist from the Bamileke region of Cameroon, whose family comes from a long line...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: March/2017

Review of The Good Noise

The Good Noise

Me Lost Me

Tallbird Records

Rating: ★★★

The latest release from Me Lost Me, the musical project of British artist Jayne Dent, is an extraordinarymélange of field...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: January/2021

Review of Alma Adentro

Alma Adentro

Miguel Zenón

Marsalis Music

Rating: ★★★

The old black and white photo of a cool dancing couple on the cover and the subtitle of this album...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2012

Review of Festyval

Festyval

The Ukrainians

Zirka Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Oldham, The Ukrainians were formed in 1990 by guitarist Peter Solowka (he being of Ukrainian and Yugoslav heritage)....

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2022

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