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Review of Zona Zero

Zona Zero

Remna

Trem Azul

Rating: ★★★★

Remna Schwarz dedicates this album to his father José Carlos Schwarz, a legendary figure in Bissau-Guinean culture as a poet,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2019

Review of Balkanica! v2

Balkanica! v2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Green Queen Music

Rating: ★★★

This album is the second in the Balkan-ica! series from Green Queen Music, an Italian label run by Luca Gatti...

Reviewed by Ed Stocker in issue: June/2011

Review of Xalam

Xalam

Ben Aylon

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Born in Israel, Ben Aylon has spent much of the last dozen years in West Africa and in particular in...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2021

Review of Come 2 Me

Come 2 Me

Ilaria Graziano & Francesco Forni

Top of the World

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 2015, Ilaria Graziano and Francesco Forni delighted their native Italian audiences, as well as overseas listeners, with the Irish-tinged...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2016

Review of The Old School

The Old School

Peter Rowan

Top of the World

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

In a career that spans six decades, Rowan has sung and played guitar and mandolin with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys;...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013

Review of Aja Wele-Wele

Aja Wele-Wele

Oliver Nayoka

Palenque Records

Rating: ★★★

The self-taught Nigerian guitarist Oliver Nayoka began playing in church before forming his Talented Fellows of Africa band in 2006....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2022

Review of Zithers

Zithers

Andrew Cronshaw

Cloud Valley

Rating: ★★★★

Andrew Cronshaw's presence as a player, writer and critic has been a significant part of the folk and world music...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of City of the Future: Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union

City of the Future: Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Yale Strom is one of the most adventurous personalities on the American klezmer scene. He's not only recorded over a...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2016

Review of Amser

Amser

Fernhill

Disgyfrith

Rating: ★★★★

Fernhill are a musical jackdaw: the band fly far and wide over the historical and cultural landscape of Wales –...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: October/2014

Review of Live at the Tabernacle

Live at the Tabernacle

Reem Kelani

Fuse Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★

It's been ten years since the exquisite debut album by the British-born Palestinian singer and we really shouldn’t have had...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016

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