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Review of Faso Denou

Faso Denou

Farafina | King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal I | Omar Pene & Super Diamono | Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila | SE Rogie | The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar

Real World

Rating: ★★★

The rustic Wiltshire village of Box in the Cotswolds could hardly be more quintessentially English. The Rev W Awdry, who...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Wayward Daughter

Wayward Daughter

Eliza Carthy

Topic Records (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★★★

‘Grey Gallito’ is a work of steamy jazz that sounds as if it was recorded in Havana. It is also...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2013

Review of Hidden Soul of the Fjords

Hidden Soul of the Fjords

Heidi Torsvik & Lazerus Winter

NXN Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Heidi Torsvik and Lazerus Winter's Hidden Soul of the Fjords invites you to take a Nordic journey of discovery and...

Reviewed by Buzz Bury in issue: March/2021

Review of Unue

Unue

Yom

Buda 860185

Rating: ★★★★

French clarinet player Yom is one of the brightest lights to come out of the European klezmer scene for some...

Reviewed by Lemez Lovas in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Sounds and Colours: 10 Years

Sounds and Colours: 10 Years

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sounds and Colours

Rating: ★★★★

I’ve met Mexicans into Spanish oi, Bolivians addicted to Jamaican ska, and Argentinians obsessed with Celtic folk. They produce fanzines,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2020

Review of Aratan n Azawad

Aratan n Azawad

Terakaft

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

No surprise that Terakaft – the name means ‘caravan’ in Tamasheq – stayed pretty close to the sound of the...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: June/2011

Review of Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert

Guo Gan Trio

Top of the World

Felmay

Rating: ★★★★★

Stretching across an expanse of terrain joining Central Asia to northern China, the Gobi Desert is the location of several...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2019

Review of Uam – From Me

Uam – From Me

Julie Fowlis

Shoeshine Records SPIT038

Rating: ★★★★

The third studio album from Outer Hebridean Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis is as deeply immersed in the traditions of the...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Seavaigers

Seavaigers

Chris Stout & Catriona McKay

McKay Stout Music

Rating: ★★★

Composer Sally Beamish originally approached Shetland fiddler Chris Stout and Dundee-born harpist Catriona McKay (who also work together in Fiddlers’...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: Nov/Dec/2014

Review of Nēvēnek: Ground Music from Torba Province, Vanuatu

Nēvēnek: Ground Music from Torba Province, Vanuatu

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Previously known as the New Hebrides, Vanuatu is an archipelago of 82 volcanic islands, located in the Western Pacific's Coral...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2020

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