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Review of Avrakedabra

Avrakedabra

Morgan Heritage

CTBC Music

Rating: ★★★

Jamaica's premier family band, Morgan Heritage, are back with their second album in two years, hoping to build on 2015's...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: August/2017

Review of Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988

Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988

Various Artists

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★

Fans of Cape Verdean music will be familiar with its typical lack of drums and use of gently strummed cavaquinho,...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: June/2017

Review of Golden Shore

Golden Shore

The Daughters

The Daughters

Rating: ★★★

Scottish duo The Daughters found the lockdown gave them the time to write, and an opportunity to take stock of...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2022

Review of Lysning

Lysning

Nils Økland Band

Hubro Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Nils Økland has a characteristic so often found in Norwegian music, a combination of humility and determination. He has had...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: March/2018

Review of Saigon Rock and Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

Saigon Rock and Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sublime Frequencies

Rating: ★★★★

What music did people dance to in the Saigon nightclubs and army bases in the last few years of the...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: July/2012

Review of Bolo

Bolo

Bolo

Bolo

Rating: ★★★

As global fusions evolve, decade by decade, the origins of the different styles can sometimes become unclear. This San Francisco...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

Bollywood rode high in the 60s and 70s. Playback singers were the stars of their day and musical directors had...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2013

Review of En Son de Paz

En Son de Paz

Frikstailers

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★

Though they come from Buenos Aires’ experimental electronic cumbia scene, it’s hard to get away from the fact that Frikstailers...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2013

Review of Light Up the Dark

Light Up the Dark

The Outside Track

Larimer Records

Rating: ★★★

There is a stadium feel to The Outside Track's music. The pan-Celtic quintet (from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton) have...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Mizu

Mizu

Code Sangala

Naxos World

Rating: ★★

It's with an illustrious career behind him – on screen, stage and airwaves – that Code Sangala now offers us...

Reviewed by Nick Hann in issue: March/2020

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