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Review of Réveteg

Réveteg

Róbert Lakatos és a Rév

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

Classically-trained viola player Róbert Lakatos (not to be confused with Roby Lakatos) is a leading fiddler (prímas) on the Hungarian...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

Review of 137 Avenue Kaniama

137 Avenue Kaniama

Baloji

Bella Union

Rating: ★★★★

Musician, poet and filmmaker Baloji was born to a Belgian father and Congolese mother in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2019

Review of Detached

Detached

Ies Muller & David Munnelly

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★★

For lovers of boundary-pushing music, a flute and a diatonic accordion may not seem an immediately thrilling prospect. Here, however,...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: April/2020

Review of Haar

Haar

HAV

Polpols Records

Rating: ★★★★

This second album from Scottish ambient folk trio HAV is as ethereal and elusive as the coastal environment it is...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: October/2021

Review of Instant

Instant

Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto

Top of the World

Ma Case

Rating: ★★★★

Given that for centuries in griot culture it was considered a solo instrument, the kora has in recent decades proved...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2022

Review of Old Tire Swingers

Old Tire Swingers

Old Tire Swingers

Old Tire Swingers

Rating: ★★★★

Aside from a Facebook page, on which they good-naturedly promote other bands playing good-time music in and around their hometown...

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: March/2013

Review of Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Graveola

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★

With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Sabor de Gracia

Sabor de Gracia

Sabor Pa’ Rato

World Village

Rating: ★★★

If you're familiar with the rumba catalana form of music, it may well be from listening to Ojos de Brujo,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Tierra Que Arde

Tierra Que Arde

Burgos Buschini Duo

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

The music of Argentina's rural interior is all the things Buenos Aires' tango, blues, pop and rock are not: it...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2021

Review of Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)

Tibet: Lam la Che (On the Road)

Techung

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

The fragmentation of Tibetan culture over the last half-century has led, for better or worse, to an astounding variety of...

Reviewed by Tom Hamilton in issue: July/2014

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