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Review of Göç

Göç

Cihan Türkoğlu

Cihan Türkoğlu

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Turkey and currently residing in Athens, Cihan Türkoğlu is a lifelong practitioner of the Turkish folk lute bağlama...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: March/2022

Review of Carnival Flower

Carnival Flower

Molotov Jukebox

Molotov Jukebox

Rating: ★★★★

Fans of the cult TV series Game of Thrones will doubtless be familiar with the catchphrase ‘Winter is Coming.’ For...

Reviewed by Mike Fleck in issue: July/2014

Review of Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

Where Is Home (Hae Ke Kae)

Abel Selaocoe

Top of the World

Warner Classics

Rating: ★★★★★

This is one of the most impressive debut albums in a long time. Effectively, it’s a self portrait of the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: November/2022

Review of Any Other Morning

Any Other Morning

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Transition Records

Rating: ★★★★

The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Balkan Beats SoundLab

Balkan Beats SoundLab

Robert Soko

Piranha

Rating: ★★★

You can certainly pass a pleasant enough hour listening, dancing or jogging to this. It's a kind of wantonly random...

Reviewed by Max Reinhardt in issue: March/2013

Review of Los Miticos del Ritmo

Los Miticos del Ritmo

Los Miticos del Ritmo

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★

British producer Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s love for Colombia grows ever deeper with Los Miticos del Ritmo, his new instrumental cumbia...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

Review of Word of Mouth

Word of Mouth

Seth Lakeman

Cooking Vinyl

Rating: ★★★

Most musicians, when they make an album, head for a recording studio full of sophisticated equipment. Seth Lakeman has an...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2014

Review of Slåttesong

Slåttesong

Erlend Apneseth & Margit Myhr

Heilo Music

Rating: ★★★★

“It’s great to be at a point where it’s the music that’s in focus and not where it comes from.”...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Rebel Tumbao

Rebel Tumbao

Rebel Tumbao

Sacred Rhythm Music

Rating: ★★

Veteran New York percussionist José Claussell has teamed up with keyboardist Matt Jenson to spearhead a 12-piece band, with Toussaint...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2015

Review of Lo Bueno, Lo Malo, Lo Feo y los Alaracosos

Lo Bueno, Lo Malo, Lo Feo y los Alaracosos

Los Chapillacs

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Ten years after their debut, Peru’s Los Chapillacs are back, and their sound has hardly changed. Which is a great...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: January/February/2022

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