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Review of O Aperto da Saudade

O Aperto da Saudade

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★

Far Out’s aim for this record was to compile a selection of Brazilian tracks that convincingly epitomise the untranslatable Portuguese...

Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: October/2020

Review of Arctic Spirit: Music from the Siberian North

Arctic Spirit: Music from the Siberian North

German & Claudia Khatylaev | Spiridon Shishigin | Zarina Kopyrina & Ilya Zhirkov

Borealia

Rating: ★★★★★

Sakha, or Yakutia, is a land of mammoths, gold and diamonds: a Siberian territory that sits atop permafrost and is...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Songs of Rebirth: Tribute to Rumi

Songs of Rebirth: Tribute to Rumi

Ali Reza Ghorbani

Top of the World

Accords Croisés AC122

Rating: ★★★★

The world outside of Iran has been comparatively late in coming to recognise Ali Reza Ghorbani as part of the...

Reviewed by Neil van der Linden in issue: October/2010

Review of Muraqaba

Muraqaba

Fanna-fi-Allah

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Fanna-fi-Allah, meaning ‘To Annihilate the Self,’ is the name of a Canadian-American group specialising in qawwali, the devotional music of...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: December/2018

Review of The Turbans

The Turbans

The Turbans

Top of the World

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★★

This is an album that surprises, impresses and leaves you feeling slightly giddy – like a kosh over the head,...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2018

Review of Immersion

Immersion

Alam Khan

AMMP

Rating: ★★★★

Alam Khan is the grandson of the legendary Allauddin Khan who was teacher to two of the most accomplished Indian...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: July/2018

Review of Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2014 Tony Allen visited Haiti to perform with local musicians at a concert in Port-Au-Prince's main square. He was...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Interloper

Interloper

Tom Kitching

Fellside

Rating: ★★★★

It's intriguing to hear what Kitching, a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalist and member of Pilgrim's Way, is...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Hatched

Hatched

Badi Assad

Quatro Ventos

Rating: ★★★★

While she is not widely known in the UK, Badi Assad is one of the most popular Brazilian artists in...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

LM Dupli-cation

Rating: ★★★

The partnership of violinist Heather Trost and accordion and percussionist Jeremy Barnes has moved from indie-leaning beginnings through to fully...

Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: June/2018

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