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Review of Mireya

Mireya

Mireya Ramos

ONErpm

Rating: ★★★

From Puerto Rico, born to a Dominican mum and Mexican dad, Mireya is singer and founder of NYC-based all-women mariachi...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Live at WOMAD 1982

Live at WOMAD 1982

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Real World Records

Rating: ★★★★

Can it really be 40 years since the first WOMAD took place at the Royal Bath and West Showground in...

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

Review of Kudu Bisa Kudu

Kudu Bisa Kudu

Balungan

Top of the World

Cuneiform Records

Rating: ★★★★

The French drummer Guigou Chenevier was a founder member of the prog-punk-jazz pioneers Etron Fou Leloublan in 1973. Here he...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Intercontinental

Intercontinental

Brian Molley Quartet with special guest Krishna Kishor

BGMM Records

Rating: ★★★★

Jazz musicians from Scotland can claim to be the UK’s most exciting exponents on the scene. Saxophonist Brian Molley is...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Prize Fighter

Prize Fighter

Odia

Jamhut Records

Rating: ★★

Odia are an international trio who recorded this, their debut album, without actually meeting in person. Founder member Stuart Spence...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Music from Saharan WhatsApp

Music from Saharan WhatsApp

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sahel Sounds

Rating: ★★★

Sahel Sounds’ groundbreaking 2011 compilation Music from Saharan Cellphones opened the world’s ears to the massive network of democratic digital...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento

Meridian Brothers & Grupo Renacimiento

Meridian Brothers

Ansonia Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s hard to think of too many bands that can be as divisive as Meridian Brothers. They share the same...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Bumayé

Bumayé

LASS

Chapter Two/Wagram Music

Rating: ★★★★

Lassana Sané was inspired to sing by seeing the Senegalese hip-hop trio Daara J on television. He went to see...

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

Review of The Rough Guide to Jewish Music

The Rough Guide to Jewish Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Klezmer is by far the most well-known Jewish music genre, to the extent that it is often the only one...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022

Review of Together in Love and Separation

Together in Love and Separation

Chandra Chakraborty & Saskia Griffiths-Moore

Chandra Chakraborty & Saskia Griffiths-Moore

Rating: ★★

Indian classical singer Chandra Chakraborty is joined by London-based singer Saskia Griffiths-Moore in an album that explore themes of love...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/September/2022

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