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Review of If He Dies, If If If If If If

If He Dies, If If If If If If

Jerusalem in My Heart

Constellation

Rating: ★★★★

Not so much a group as a multi-media project, Jerusalem in My Heart consist of Lebanon-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2016

Review of Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984

Oté Maloya: The Birth of Electric Maloya on Réunion Island 1975-1984

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Strut Records

Rating: ★★★★

Now this is a compilation to be treasured. Maloya is the roots music of La Réunion, a diasporic African mix...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: August/2017

Review of Zamaan Ya Sukkar: Exotic Love Songs and Instrumentals from the Egyptian 60s

Zamaan Ya Sukkar: Exotic Love Songs and Instrumentals from the Egyptian 60s

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Radio Martiko

Rating: ★★★★

Ghent-based record label and DJ collective Radio Martiko answered the prayers of rare record enthusiasts worldwide when they re-released Abdou...

Reviewed by Joshua French in issue: November/2018

Review of Tell Me Why

Tell Me Why

Archie Roach

Bloodlines/Mushroom

Rating: ★★★★

Widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s most celebrated indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach’s long career is slowly drawing to a close....

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: December/2020

Review of AH!

AH!

Trad.Attack!

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

Trad.Attack! is the latest group to combine traditional folk music styles with a contemporary approach. Formed by a trio of...

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: December/2015

Review of Nostalgic Bollywood: Memorable Songs from Films of Love and Devotion (1939-1959)

Nostalgic Bollywood: Memorable Songs from Films of Love and Devotion (1939-1959)

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Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This sumptuous compilation offers a detailed survey of Indian movie songs from throughout the genre's Golden Age during the 1940s...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2023

Review of Sranan Gowtu

Sranan Gowtu

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topnotch Records

Rating: ★★★

The music of the Republic of Suriname, located in the north-east of Latin America, is unfamiliar to many. There's a...

Reviewed by Bastiaan Springer in issue: Apr/May/2014

Review of Vital

Vital

Fernando Otero

World Village 468094

Rating: ★★★

Tango is one of those realms where Songlines’ already wide-open world music remit frequently brushes dandruff-speckled shoulders with the classical...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2010

Review of Alkher

Alkher

Ezza

Ma Case

Rating: ★★★

As the Touareg desert blues terrain becomes progressively overpopulated, any new act needs to make themselves distinctive to avoid those...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2015

Review of Bossa Muffin

Bossa Muffin

Flavia Coelho

Discograph

Rating: ★★★

Billed as a ‘traveller's diary’, Bossa Muffn sees Brazilian singer/ acoustic guitarist Flavia Coelho conduct a roots trip back from...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: October/2012

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