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Review of J’ai Traversé La Mer

J’ai Traversé La Mer

Edmony Krater

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Apparently involved in the avant-garde scene, Edmony Krater brings none of that malarkey here, as he subjects his Guadeloupean heritage...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2020

Review of The Music of the Gypsy Lăutari of Bucharest

The Music of the Gypsy Lăutari of Bucharest

Taraful Bucureştilor

Inédit

Rating: ★★★★

The Inédit label comes out of the Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris and showcases high-quality traditional music. No...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2021

Review of Rangeele

Rangeele

Kailash Kher

Saregama

Rating: ★★★

Rangeele is Kailash Kher's fourth album with the band Kailasa, which he set up with brothers Paresh and Naresh Kamath...

Reviewed by Kulbir Natt in issue: June/2012

Review of An Sionnach Dubh

An Sionnach Dubh

Dàibhidh Stiùbhard

Top of the World

Wildtune

Rating: ★★★★

Dàibhidh Stiùbhard's remarkably assured debut, An Sionnach Dubh (The Black Fox), showcases one of the most individual of voices to...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2020

Review of The Rough Guide to African Rare Groove Vol 1

The Rough Guide to African Rare Groove Vol 1

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

It's rare that the Rough Guide series fails to deliver and this release is no exception. Originally the term rare...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Inclined to be Red

Inclined to be Red

Greg Russell

Fellside Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Greg Russell is an English folk singer on a mission. With the boundless energy of youth, he has been racing...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2017

Review of Maslak Halay1

Maslak Halay1

Ayyuka

Tantana Records

Rating: ★★★★

The whole sound of Ayyuka is summed up in the title of their fifth album; halay, aficionados of Turkish and...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of A la Manera Artesana

A la Manera Artesana

Vigüela

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Spanish folk has a quality perfect for our times: the ability to wail, complain and lament and, at the same...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2022

Review of Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia

Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nascente

Rating: ★★★★

Strictly speaking, Scandinavia consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, but compiler Tatiana Rucinska has opted here to defer to common...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: October/2011

Review of Daisy's Beauty Salon

Daisy's Beauty Salon

Very Be Careful

Downtown Pijao

Rating: ★★★★

If you ever needed proof that music can be transportive, then this is it. From the moment the groove drops...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2018

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