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Review of The Gospel Album

The Gospel Album

Gurrumul

Skinnyfish Records

Rating: ★★★

Gurrumul, the blind indigenous Australian vocalist, has achieved remarkable international success with his soft folk-pop music. While he sings in...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2015

Review of Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara

Tuareg Music of the Southern Sahara

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

For younger listeners who take for granted easy access to global music, it's hard to imagine the giddy feeling of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020

Review of Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads

Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Elektra

Rating: ★★★★

With planet Earth facing myriad apocalypse-inducing crises, Home in This World: Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads, is a timely project....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2021

Review of Made in Africa

Made in Africa

The KutiMangoes

Tramp Records

Rating: ★★★★

The KutiMangoes started with a simple musical goal in mind: Fela Kuti meets Charles Mingus. Such giants in their field...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: March/2017

Review of The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa

The Rough Guide To Acoustic Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★★

Those who read the recent debate in Songlines about global hip-hop and share a fear that the ubiquity of rap...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2013

Review of Shanu

Shanu

Monoswezi

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Fifth album from Monoswezi’s highly adventurous fusion of Scandinavian jazz and African roots, Shanu sees the band introducing a new...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: December/2021

Review of Terre de Mon Poème

Terre de Mon Poème

Yelli Yelli

Beating Drum

Rating: ★★★

Behind the enigmatic stage names and identities of French singer Emilie Hanak lies a girl exploring her multiple roots through...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Ragawerk

Ragawerk

Ragawerk

Bellaphon

Rating: ★★★

Guitarist Max Clouth lived in Mumbai for three years before striking up a musical partnership with drummer Martin Standke a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022

Review of Horizon

Horizon

Anyango

Jowi Music

Rating: ★★★

Beginning as it does with the out-of-place Xhosa hymn, ‘Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika’, this otherwise delightful album gets off to an...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of The Empress

The Empress

The McDades

Free Radio Records

Rating: ★★★

Siblings Shannon, Solon and Jeremiah McDade have been steeped in folk music from childhood, playing in a family band with...

Reviewed by Li Robbins in issue: December/2021

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