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Review of Preço de Cada Um

Preço de Cada Um

Cravo & Canela

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

A collector’s dream, with a copyright so obscure Mr Bongo Iitself couldn’t track it down, Prego de Cada Um was...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Ghetto Songs

Ghetto Songs

Frank London

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

In 2016 Frank London (The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave etc) was invited to be artist-in-residence for the celebration of the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2021

Review of Agitator

Agitator

Chalama Project

Zion Music

Rating: ★★★★

Many Songlines readers will know Radik Tyulyush through his long-term involvement with the Tuvan throat-singing ‘supergroup,’ Huun-Huur-Tu. Although he spent...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: May/2017

Review of Incantations

Incantations

Mohammadali Najafpour

Kélk Artists

Rating: ★★★

In recent years, there has been an effort to broaden the expressional potentials of Iranian classical music. The genre has...

Reviewed by Kamyar Salavati in issue: May/2022

Review of Tairm

Tairm

Whyte

Whyte

Rating: ★★★

Gaelic electronica duo Whyte return with the follow-up to their wellreceived debut, Fairich, this time adding cello, double bass, percussion,...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: October/2019

Review of Musique de Nuit

Musique de Nuit

Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal

Top of the World

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★

Two musicians operating at the height of their talent, Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal have mastered string instruments worlds apart...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: October/2015

Review of Songs That Made Us Free

Songs That Made Us Free

Liberation Project

Just Music

Rating: ★★★

With a predominantly South African cast among musicians from 17 other countries, this multicultural collection of freedom songs, old and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2019

Review of In Which

In Which

The Teacups

Haystack Records

Rating: ★★★

Alex Cumming, Kate Locksley, Rosie Calvert and Will Finn met in 2010 on the Folk and Traditional Music degree course...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2021

Review of Tempo & Magma

Tempo & Magma

Tiganá Santana

Ajabu! (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

The good news for anyone captivated by Tiganá Santana's exquisite The Invention of Colour is that his new release picks...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2015

Review of Oud Classics from Armenia, the Balkans & Middle East

Oud Classics from Armenia, the Balkans & Middle East

Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

If you are someone who is slightly unsure about Middle Eastern music but would like to dip your toe into...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: May/2020

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