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Review of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures

Jewish-Arab Song Treasures

Samy El Maghribi

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Here’s another exemplary piece of music history from Buda Musique, its liner notes adorned with a weighty chunk of scholarship...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Stately Mansion

Stately Mansion

Kate Lissauer

Get Real Records

Rating: ★★★

Stately is the word to describe the music on Kate Lissaeur’s third album, which features no less than 17 songs...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Oxalá

Oxalá

Terrakota

Altafonte

Rating: ★★★

It's a delicate line between a lack of focus and a gloriously diverse mix of content, but Lisbon's Terrakota always...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017

Review of Strata

Strata

Siobhan Miller

Top of the World

Songprint Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

It’s been two years since the Scottish singer Siobhan Miller released her first solo album, Flight of Time. By then...

Reviewed by David Forsdike in issue: May/2017

Review of The Rough Guide to Blind Willie McTell

The Rough Guide to Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★★

The ongoing Rough Guides series showcasing the great blues and jazz masters of the first half of the 20th century...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2018

Review of Heyma

Heyma

Abir Nasraoui

Institut du Monde Arabe

Rating: ★★★★

Abir Nasraoui is a radio presenter, author and singer from Tunisia, based in Paris. Her mantelpiece groans under the weight...

Reviewed by Andy Morgan in issue: June/2011

Review of ABCDEFG

ABCDEFG

Chumbawamba

No Masters NMCD33

Rating: ★★★

The Chumbas are never short of a thing or two to say and on their latest album it’s music itself...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Mokum

Mokum

Amsterdam Klezmer Band

Essay Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the Amsterdam Klezmer Band wanted to release a special album that would offer a retrospective...

Reviewed by Ton Maas in issue: July/2012

Review of Miriya

Miriya

Kanazoé Orkestra

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

We are blessed to have recently seen many releases by West African musicians who wish to retain the values of...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: May/2017

Review of Sake of the Sound

Sake of the Sound

Front Country

Front Country

Rating: ★★★★

Front Country were formed in 2011 by some of San Francisco's finest young bluegrass and acoustic roots players – Adam...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

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