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Review of Hawaiian Guitar

Hawaiian Guitar

Hawaiian Trio & Takiti

Sunset-France

Rating: ★★

This album, a rerelease of Hawaiian guitar music recorded roughly 30 years ago, is a little like the aural version...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: June/2012

Review of Eremìa

Eremìa

Ettore Castagna

Alfa Music

Rating: ★★★★

At the very tip of Italy, Calabria has been the gateway to Greek civilization, a heritage Ettore Castagna, founding member...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: July/2022

Review of The Rough Guide to World Music For Children

The Rough Guide to World Music For Children

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

The liner notes of this compilation of 18 tracks from World Music Network's excellent back catalogue claim that youthful listeners...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of That's It!

That's It!

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Top of the World

Sony Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derive their name, as you might expect, from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue that...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: October/2014

Review of Les Routes de l'Esclavage 2 CDs & DVD

Les Routes de l'Esclavage 2 CDs & DVD

Jordi Savall

Alia Vox

Rating: ★★★★★

Sponsored by UNESCO and conceived by the Catalan musician Jordi Savall as a cultural history of slavery and a homage...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2017

Review of Rafi's Revenge

Rafi's Revenge

Asian Dub Foundation

London Records

Rating: ★★★

Songlines is 20 years old, but this album is 21, and it's now receiving a welcome reissue, bolstered by Under...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2019

Review of Music from Turkey

Music from Turkey

Various Artists/Sameyda Ensemble

Caprice

Rating: ★★★★★

This CD reissues two albums: a collection of field recordings by Indian ethnomusicologist Deben Bhattacharya, issued as Turkisk Musik in...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Coimbra: Fado

Coimbra: Fado

Ricardo Dias Ensemble

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

This meticulously recorded disc aims to push the boundaries of Coimbra fado in the same way many have already done...

Reviewed by Michael Macaroon in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Musicatelama

Musicatelama

Mose Fan Fan

LAA Records

Rating: ★★★★

Guitarist, composer and occasional singer Mose Fan Fan is one of the few survivors of Congo’s Orchestre OK Jazz to...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York

Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

It would seem that Strut's summertime Salsa Explosion (reviewed in Songlines #72) was really just a starter for this, more...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2011

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