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Review of Todo el Mundo

Todo el Mundo

Kiko Villamizar

WEPA Studios

Rating: ★★★

Texas-based Colombian musician and lately also stand-up comedian Kiko Villamizar has released his new album Todo el Mundo following the...

Reviewed by Huw Hennessy in issue: April/2022

Review of Tradisyon

Tradisyon

Wesli

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★★

This is a collection of traditional Haitian songs modernised with skill and sensitivity by Montréal-based singer and multi-intrumentalist, Wesli. It’s...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Going for Broke

Going for Broke

Good Habits

Good Habits

Rating: ★★★★

Good Habits are a duo from Manchester Bonnie Schwarz (vocals/cello) and Pete Shaw (accordion/cajón). By a quirk of fate, they...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: December/2020

Review of Corroncho

Corroncho

Corroncho

Expression Records EXPCD27

Rating: ★★★★

This project got some high-profile press long before it appeared, thanks to the involvement of Roxy Music legend Phil Manzanera,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: June/2010

Review of C'est Le Pompon

C'est Le Pompon

Topette!!

Topette

Rating: ★★★

This new acoustic dance band announce their intention not just in the title of their first CD – C'est Le...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2018

Review of The sound of Siami – Leftfield Luk-thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975

The sound of Siami – Leftfield Luk-thung, Jazz & Molam in Thailand 1964-1975

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Top of the World

Soundway

Rating: ★★★★★

The DJ duo and vinyl collectors Chris Menistand Miles Cleret have been playing theirunique mix of Thai gems from yesteryeararound...

Reviewed by John Clewley in issue: March/2011

Review of Calypso Travels

Calypso Travels

Lord Invader & His Calypso Group

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★★

One of three initial releases in the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series, Calypso Travels features native Trinidadian Lord Invader (born...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020

Review of To the Awe

To the Awe

Rachel Newton

Top of the World

Shadowside Records

Rating: ★★★★

With the same band she used for her award-winning Here’s My Heart Come Take It (drummer/producer Mattie Foulds, violinist Lauren...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2020

Review of Calico Soul

Calico Soul

Farafi

Piranha

Rating: ★★★

The magic of like minds, especially musical ones, is that they often seem to meet serendipitously, and nowhere more so...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2020

Review of Kartushnik

Kartushnik

Klezmofobia

Tiger Records

Rating: ★★★

Klezmofobia are a Copenhagen-based band founded by clarinettist Bjarke Kolerus and fronted by singer Channe Nussbaum. Their debut album sold...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

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