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Review of Di Corsica Riposu; Requiem pour Deux Regards

Di Corsica Riposu; Requiem pour Deux Regards

A Filetta

Deda

Rating: ★★★★

Corsica In Repose; A Requiem of Two Visions is the album's title; looking both ways is the essence of what...

Reviewed by Andrew Mcgregor in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Ayó

Ayó

The Garifuna Collective

Cumbancha Records

Rating: ★★★★

Many Songlines readers will remember Andy Palacio, whose 2007 album Wàtina has become as much a classic for Belizean music...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

Review of Arbina

Arbina

Noura Mint Seymali

Top of the World

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★

Following her international debut album that was one of the greats of 2014, it's absolutely no bad state of affairs...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016

Review of Perpetual Motion

Perpetual Motion

Amine & Hamza

Top of the World

Network

Rating: ★★★★

Amine & Hamza's previous CD Things May Change managed to amaze and alarm in equal measure: a testosterone-driven, Oriental jazz...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: June/2011

Review of Cancún

Cancún

Calle Sur

Calle Sur

Rating: ★★★

Despite this being a 20th-anniversary album you can be forgiven for not knowing much about the band Calle Sur –...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: October/2021

Review of Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine

Uncle Roland’s Flying Machine

Moishe’s Bagal

Top of the World

Eachday Music

Rating: ★★★★

Fans of this brilliant six-man band have been expecting this disc and it's been well worth the wait. Glen Baxter's...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Akory

Akory

Razia

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

This is the second album from Razia Said, a singer-songwriter and highly proactive environmentalist who hails from Antalaha in the...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2015

Review of Takula

Takula

Takula

XA Music

Rating: ★★★

Takula is the eponymous debut of a five-piece from Malawi and Norway, comprising singer-guitarists Peter Mawanga, Faith Mussa and Georg...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2019

Review of Mysteries Unfold

Mysteries Unfold

Sophie Tassignon

RareNoise Records

Rating: ★★★

Take a deep breath before playing Tassignon’s solo debut Mysteries Unfold, the waters run deep ahead. After several decades working...

Reviewed by Tommie Black-Roff in issue: November/2020

Review of Dzen

Dzen

Adjiri Odametey

Africmelo Records

Rating: ★★★

There are many projects that aim for a pan-African sound; they usually rely on collaboration between different cultures. Not for...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

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