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Review of Shandao

Shandao

Shanren

Wind Music

Rating: ★★★★

As a renowned Chinese folk band from Yunnan, one of the most ethnically diverse parts of southern China, Shanren has...

Reviewed by Yijia Tu in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Coat-Tails Flying

Coat-Tails Flying

John Kirkpatrick

Fledg''ling Records

Rating: ★★★★

Being able to play just about any kind of music on any kind of squeezebox (with buttons, that is), John...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: December/2017

Review of Du og Eg

Du og Eg

Ingunn Stræte Lie & Jo Asgeir Lie

Kvarts Records

Rating: ★★★

By the end of this album you’ll know your reinlenders from your springars, and polkas will be second nature. Here's...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2016

Review of Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People

Ninikamawinan: Songs of Our People

Iskwew Singers

Iskwew Singers

Rating: ★★★★

When you consider the juggernaut of American colonisation and the effect it has had on Native Americans, it's amazing that...

Reviewed by James Lascelles in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of Kokuma

Kokuma

Gambari Band

Top of the World

Membran

Rating: ★★★★

The Germany-based Membran is the new home of Christian Scholze's ground-breaking Network label, which did so much to put African...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2016

Review of Oumniya

Oumniya

Souad Massi

Top of the World

Wrasse Records

Rating: ★★★★

Souad Massi's career has followed an uneven path since her 2001 debut album, Raoui, earned her a nomination for Best...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of Marchita

Marchita

Silvana Estrada

Top of the World

Glassnote Records

Rating: ★★★★

Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada plays a host of instruments, but says she most often opts for the Venezuelan cuatro guitar,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: April/2022

Review of Diversity

Diversity

Ebo Krdum

Top of the World

Supertraditional

Rating: ★★★★

Diversity is a theme in Ebo Krdum’s life. Growing up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, his...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: January/February/2022

Review of Red Desert Man

Red Desert Man

Dave Arden

Headstone Recoids

Rating: ★★★

Indigenous singer-songwriter Dave Arden is a gifted Kokatha-Gunditjmara guitarist, storyteller and contemporary songman. Previously best known as a collaborator and...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: October/2020

Review of Cossack Attack!

Cossack Attack!

Čendeš

Môlča Records

Rating: ★★★

Slovak sextet Čendeš are a relatively recently formed band framed around the cimbalom (a hammered dulcimer the size of a...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

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