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Review of Vida-Código

Vida-Código

Tiganá Santana

Ajabu!

Rating: ★★★

For Vida-Código -his fourth album and his third on the Swedish Ajabu! label – Tiganá Santana presents very little of...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: April/2020

Review of Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

Y’Anbessaw Tezeta

Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex

Top of the World

Terp

Rating: ★★★★★

What a delight this new collaboration between Ethiopian saxophone legend Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex proves to be. Showcasing something...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of Ramblin' Soul

Ramblin' Soul

Melissa Carper

Mae Music/Thirty Tigers

Rating: ★★★★

Count this as a lucky ramble in Melissa Carper's beloved Dodge van (the subject of one of her 11 original...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2023

Review of Lebanon Elevator

Lebanon Elevator

Kamel Nitrate

Kamel Nitrate

Rating: ★

Kamel Nitrate are to all intents and purposes a fusion band, mixing funk, trip-hop and Arab drum styles. Unfortunately, the...

Reviewed by Yousif Nur in issue: April/2018

Review of White Light: The Space Between

White Light: The Space Between

O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

Signum Classics

Rating: ★★★★

O/Modernt, which translates as ‘unmodern’, is the conceptual brainchild of British-born violinist Hugo Ticciati. On White Light: The Space Between,...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: July/2018

Review of Tropix

Tropix

Céu

Six Degrees Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's easy to forget how much of a revelation Céu was when she released her self-titled debut in 2005. Seductive...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: July/2016

Review of Até ao Fim

Até ao Fim

Katia Guerreiro

KGP Produções

Rating: ★★★

Até ao Fim marks a turning point in Guerreiro's career. But fear not: she's not quit fado. She's not exactly...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Apr/May/2015

Review of Mantra Sessions

Mantra Sessions

Bosse Skoglund & Zilverzurf

Diesel Music AB (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★

From the first track, as a free-blowing tenor sax solo jostles with a Hindu peace incantation over an ngoni (African...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: May/2016

Review of Live at the Grand Pavilion

Live at the Grand Pavilion

Mabon

Easy on the Eye Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Welsh six-piece Mabon may not be well known on the English side of the border. It’s as if there’s...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Cladaich Loch Iù

Cladaich Loch Iù

Steven MacÌomhair

Steven MacÌomhair

Rating: ★★

Cladaich Loch Iù marks the debut of Gaelic singer and West Coast native Steven MacÌomhair and a pleasant enough, if...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: April/2020

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