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Review of El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbonó

El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbonó

Abelardo Carbonó

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

How many roots can a musician tie up in his signature sound? According to this album’s extensive liner notes, the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2014

Review of Arise

Arise

The Abyssinians

Front Line

Rating: ★★★★

Jamaican vocal trio The Abyssinians became legends with their seminal 1976 album Satta Massagana, which made an Afrocentric statement via...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: March/2016

Review of Gunfan Yellem!

Gunfan Yellem!

Damakase

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★★

‘East meets West’ is a common theme within world music fusions, but it's rare to hear one like this: Damakase's...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017

Review of Ukronia

Ukronia

Erik Marchand

Innacor Records

Rating: ★★★

This is an album rich in scholarship and serious in intent. Antique songs from Upper Brittany are sung in the...

Reviewed by Phil Sweeney in issue: July/2013

Review of Ormenion

Ormenion

Evritiki Zygia

Teranga Beat

Rating: ★★★★

I loved this disc. It brings to the fore the lively musical traditions that straddle the border of northern Greece,...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2020

Review of Where The Rivers Meet

Where The Rivers Meet

Skáidi

DAT DAT CD-44

Rating: ★★★★

Joik and jazz are two words that describe Where The Rivers Meet comes from. While both styles resemble each other...

Reviewed by Elisavet Sotiriadou in issue: June/2010

Review of Two Universes

Two Universes

Feufollet

30 Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Feufollet started out as a Cajun children's band before maturing into one of the most exciting young bands in the...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2015

Review of Lam Phloen Grade A Guy

Lam Phloen Grade A Guy

Angkanang Kunchai | Sonthaya Kalasin | Various Artists

em records

Rating: ★★★

Composer, producer and savvy businessman Doi Inthanon (named after Thailand's tallest mountain) has created a huge catalogue of songs and...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of W

W

Populous

Wonderwheel Recordings

Rating: ★★

Populous is a producer and queer activist from Lecce, a reggae-and-dancehall-loving town on the heel of the boot of Italy,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020

Review of Künh

Künh

Nağme Yarkın

Z Müzik

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Istanbul, composer and musician Nağme Yarkın is a player of the klasik kemençe – the three-stringed bowed lyre...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023

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