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Review of $/He Who Feeds You…Owns You

$/He Who Feeds You…Owns You

The Brother Moves On

Native Rebel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

In a terrific transition from the protest music of their last album, Tolika Mtoliki, The Brother Moves On's fourth record...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: December/2022

Review of Arenig

Arenig

Gwilym Bowen Rhys

Erwydd Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Snowdonia, the young singer, song collector and instrumentalist Gwilym Bowen Rhys was a member of rock band Y...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2019

Review of Rio Bossa

Rio Bossa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Le Chant du Monde

Rating: ★★★

Even if you weren’t all Rio’d-out after the wall-to-wall Olympics coverage, you’d probably need another bossa nova compilation about as...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: December/2016

Review of Lumiere

Lumiere

Lumiere

IRL

Rating: ★★★★

The eponymous debut offering from Lumiere heralds an impressive and altogether bewitching partnership between seasoned vocalists Éilís Kennedy and Patricia...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Quesaco?

Quesaco?

Paris Combo

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★

Paris Combo are an iconic Parisian band, carried by the voice and the twinkling presence of Bénédicte Grimault, aka Belle...

Reviewed by Anne Ge in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Amdjer

Amdjer

Lucibela

Lusafrica

Rating: ★★★

Amdjer is as bittersweet and comforting as a perfectly crafted negroni, served with a tropical breeze and a sultry sunset....

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2022

Review of Sài Gòn, Saïgon

Sài Gòn, Saïgon

Huong Thanh & Franck Tortiller

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

To Saigon for a postmodern nostalgia trip; here, veteran Vietnamese vocalist Huong Thanh revisits the songs of French colonial Vietnam,...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2017

Review of Sole Mates

Sole Mates

Fisherman's Friends

Cod and Chips

Rating: ★★★★

Two years or so past their quarter-century anniversary, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends have put together an album of shanties and...

Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: July/2018

Review of Raizes

Raizes

Adriano Adewale

Caboclo

Rating: ★★★

As one of the UK’s most prolific Brazilian musicians, the percussionist Adriano Adewale has amassed an impressive list of credits...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2014

Review of Estación Edén: Guitar Works from Uruguay II

Estación Edén: Guitar Works from Uruguay II

Gustavo Pazos Conde

Saphrane Records

Rating: ★★★★

While tango jostles with rock nacional and popular dance rhythms like cumbia in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, once you escape...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2016

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