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Review of Tropical Anatolia

Tropical Anatolia

Ipek Yolu

Sounds of Subterrania

Rating: ★★★

At the bottom of my street is a restaurant called Tropical Sushi serving Japanese dishes with a South American theme....

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Cavalluccio

Cavalluccio

Lalala Napoli

La Curieuse

Rating: ★★★★

Behind Lalala Napoli is the gifted veteran French accordionist and singer François Castiello of former Bratsch fame, who uses the...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: May/2021

Review of Every Little Spirit

Every Little Spirit

Marcus Corbett

Marco Records

Rating: ★

Another reviewer has written that this disc is ‘perfect Sunday morning music’: this is a very astute observation, but the...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2016

Review of Daou Don Dãns

Daou Don Dãns

Bodénès – Hamon & Invités

Paker Prod

Rating: ★★★

Visitors to Brittany are almost certain to encounter a bagad, the bagpipe, drum and bombarde(shawm) bands through which, since the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2016

Review of Kadior Demb

Kadior Demb

Royal Band of Thiès

Teranga Beat

Rating: ★★★★

Thiès, Senegal’s third largest city, is a sleepy town at a major railway junction and home to one of the...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Thulth

Thulth

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh

Mostakell Records

Rating: ★★★★

Tamer Abu Ghazaleh plays a unique role in the Arabic music world. Based in Cairo, he is a Palestinian multi-instrumentalist...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2016

Review of Africa Moo Baalu

Africa Moo Baalu

Sousou & Maher Cissoko

ARC Music

Rating: ★★

Africa Moo Baalu means ‘Big People of Africa,’ and the album effectively reads as an open letter to leaders in...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: June/2014

Review of Lusafrica 30th Anniversary Album

Lusafrica 30th Anniversary Album

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Lusafrica

Rating: ★

The 30th anniversary of Lusafrica is certainly cause for celebration. Having exposed the world to musical giants such as Cesaria...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Young Night Thought

Young Night Thought

Kirsty Law

Toun Records

Rating: ★★★

Kirsty Law is a singer-songwriter from the Scottish Borders who has a Folk and Traditional Music degree from Newcastle University....

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018

Review of Little Hinges

Little Hinges

Qristina & Quinn Bachand

Beacon Ridge Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Structured in two parts, Qristina and Quinn Bachand's third album finds the Canadian siblings on a mission to broaden the...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2015

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