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Review of Ahlam

Ahlam

NES

Top of the World

ACT Records

Rating: ★★★★

NES are an intriguing trio. Formed in Valencia, Spain, they are fronted by a remarkable and versatile singer, Nesrine Belmokh....

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: November/2018

Review of Viene de Mi

Viene de Mi

La Yegros

Top of the World

ZZK Records

Rating: ★★★★

If you thought Argentinian music was all just about tango, then how very wrong you were. Cumbia, Latin America's dance...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Steer by the Stars

Steer by the Stars

Skipinnish

Skipinnish Records

Rating: ★★★

As one of the strongest live acts on the trad scene for the last couple of decades, and following the...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Good Times of Old England

Good Times of Old England

Steeleye Span

Chrysalis

Rating: ★★★★

Span are still a touring and recording band, like their 70s folk-rock compatriots Fairport, and a good portion of their...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Sandkorn

Sandkorn

Sigrid Moldestad

heilo

Rating: ★★★★

She’s a proud guardian of the Norwegian tradition, but unswerving creativity, dedication and innovation areundoubtedly qualities that earned Sigrid Moldestad...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Baladi Blues Reloaded

Baladi Blues Reloaded

Guy Schalom

Ethnomusic Records

Rating: ★★★★

Baladi music lies at the root of Arab pop music. It's a popular Egyptian style that developed during the 1920s,...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Deixaas

Deixaas

Mercedes Peón

Top of the World

Altafonte

Rating: ★★★★★

Mercedes Peon's exploratory lyricism, manic multi-instrumentalism, dynamic live shows, and even her punky cropped hair, have lent Galician folk an...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2018

Review of Cumbia Cumbia

Cumbia Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Circuit – to be released in April

Rating: ★★★

This album invites the question: do we need to recycle the already recycled? The tip-top material here of ever-popular cumbia...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of They Will Have to Kill Us First: Original Soundtrack

They Will Have to Kill Us First: Original Soundtrack

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Transgressive Records

Rating: ★★★★

The debut film from director Johanna Schwartz, They Will Have to Kill Us First, was released in 2015 and compellingly...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: December/2016

Review of Caricias

Caricias

Katja Šulc

Casete Mexico

Rating: ★★★

Slovenian singer-songwriter Katja Šulc’s career began in 2008 with a homage to Mila Kačič, a poet celebrated in her homeland,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2021

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