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Skinnyfish Music

Rating: ★★

Australia's Tiwi islands lie to the north of Darwin, Australia, where the Arafura and Timor Seas meet. The two main...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: July/2015

Review of Qasida

Qasida

Rosario ‘La Tremendita’ & Mohammad Motamedi

Flamenco Biënnale Nederland

Rating: ★★★

This live CD bears witness to the meeting of Iranian classical singer Mohammad Motamedi and flamenco singer-songwriter Rosario ‘La Tremendita’...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Voice of Ages

Voice of Ages

The Chieftains

Top of the World

Hear Music/Decca

Rating: ★★★★★

Nobody can say no to Paddy Moloney. From Mick Jagger to Ry Cooder, the list of unlikely collaborators corralled by...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2012

Review of Zanzibara 7: Sikinde vs Ndekule

Zanzibara 7: Sikinde vs Ndekule

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★

This fine addition to the confusingly titled Zanzibara series focuses on two of the leading bands from the astonishingly fertile...

Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2013

Review of Elementuak

Elementuak

Kalakan

Kalakan

Rating: ★★★

After touring as guest performers on Madonna's 2012 MDNA tour, Basque trio Kalakan sat down to re-centre themselves and record...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2015

Review of Protegid

Protegid

Carmen Souza

Galileo GMC036

Rating: ★★★

Carmen Souza may share a Creole tongue with her Cape Verdean-rooted contemporaries, but that's where the comparisons end. Her voice...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: June/2010

Review of Cigarros Explosivos!

Cigarros Explosivos!

Jaro Milko & The Cubalkanics

Asphalt Tango

Rating: ★★

Switzerland is a land in which little of musical interest ever seems to happen. But Jaro Milko grew up there,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2014

Review of We Have Come to Testify

We Have Come to Testify

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

An important historical and political documentary album, this recording and the accompanying illustrative book are an intertwining of translated spoken-word...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Xáos

Xáos

Xáos

Independent Records

Rating: ★★★

Kudos goes to Ahetas and Dubulah, the two musicians from Dub Colossus who are at the core of this recording,...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: Aug/Sep/2015

Review of Rahawan

Rahawan

Haya Zaatry

Haya Zaatry

Rating: ★★★

Born in Nazareth and resident in Haifa where she practises as an architect, the 30-year-old Zaatry is also a singer-songwriter...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2022

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