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Review of El Amor No es Para Débiles

El Amor No es Para Débiles

Bareto

Agogo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Peru’s Bareto have responded to the departure of their lead singer Mauricio Mesones by recruiting a number of guest vocalists...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: April/2022

Review of Divine

Divine

Oana Catalina Chitu

Asphalt Tango Records

Rating: ★★★

Maria Tanase is often referred to as ‘the Romanian Piaf’: both were distinctive vocalists who took a local vernacular music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sept/2013

Review of ONDA

ONDA

Jambinai

Top of the World

Bella Union Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Four years ago, a trio of South Korean musicians played in London as part of the K-Music Festival and provided...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: July/2019

Review of Murmuration

Murmuration

Coracle

Tam Records

Rating: ★★★

Coracle are accordionist Paul Hutchinson, formerly of the beloved Belshazzar’s Feast with the late Paul Sartin, plus singer and multi-instrumentalist...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Paradise

Paradise

Dub Inc

Diversité

Rating: ★★

Dub Inc are a multicultural force in French music, famous at home for giving Saint- Étienne’s Algerian minority a place...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: June/2014

Review of Bach to Folk

Bach to Folk

Lodestar Trio

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★★

Max Baillie is a British-German classical violin virtuoso who has worked with Björk; Erik Rydvall, a Swede who plays the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: November/2022

Review of Life & Times

Life & Times

Lucky Dube

Metro Select

Rating: ★★★★

The first reaction on receiving yet another Lucky Dube compilation is to groan inwardly. Since the South African reggae star's...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Live from the Union Chapel

Live from the Union Chapel

Band of Burns

Band of Burns

Rating: ★★★

Born out of informal Burns Night gigs in London, Band of Burns brings together 12 musicians from Scotland, Ireland, England,...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: April/2018

Review of Janus

Janus

Spakka-Neapolis 55

Soulfingers Production

Rating: ★★★

Fiddler Antonio Fraioli and singer Monica Pinto established their reputation with Spaccanapoli, whose debut Lost Souls was published on Real...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Cadence Revolution 1973-1981: Disque Debs International Vol 2

Cadence Revolution 1973-1981: Disque Debs International Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Strut

Rating: ★★★★

Volume two of Strut's exploration of Disque Debs International recordings - the longest-running and most prolific label of the French...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2020

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