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Review of Mrak

Mrak

Boban Marković Orkestar

Top of the World

Fonó Records

Rating: ★★★★

Boban Marković is a member of a distinguished Romani musical dynasty, an outstanding trumpeter and bandleader, and an inventive composer...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Three Seconds | Kolme Toista

Three Seconds | Kolme Toista

Jussi Reijonen

Challenge Records

Rating: ★★★

Finnish guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen has allowed nearly a decade to pass between his debut album and this...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Danzas Brancas

Danzas Brancas

Orquestra Folk SonDeSeu

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★

SonDeSeu, led by veteran composer Rodrigo Romaní, is a sprawling folk orchestra that combines a quintet of gaitas with armies...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: July/2014

Review of Tamoj

Tamoj

Bastarda & Sutari

Audio Cave

Rating: ★★★

The Polish group Sutari have always said their music (and name) was influenced by Lithuanian sutartinės, a polyphonic vocal form....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of Made of Music

Made of Music

Sousou & Maher Cissoko

Jaliya

Rating: ★★★

Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2018

Review of Alewa

Alewa

Santrofi

Top of the World

Outhere Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ahead of the release of this debut, Accra eight-piece Santrofi tore through the European festival scene with livewire sets. They...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: June/2020

Review of Wild Animals

Wild Animals

Trampled by Turtles

Banjodad Records

Rating: ★★★

Trampled by Turtles are a four-piece band from Duluth, Minnesota, who made a major impression in the US with their...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014

Review of 2017

2017

Leila Gobi

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

Born near Gao in northern Mali, Gobi certainly has an arresting voice. Her high-pitched, nasal timbre slices mercilessly through the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018

Review of Putan de Cançon

Putan de Cançon

Moussu T e lei Jovents

Manivette 274 1877

Rating: ★★★

The latest album by the neo-troubadours of Marseille, or to be more precise, the adjacent port of La Ciotat, opens...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: October/2010

Review of 3=1

3=1

Ekko Trio

Ekko Trio

Rating: ★★★

Belgium has a strong surrealist tradition – second only to France's, in fact – and there's a strand of its...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2020

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