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Review of Together Not Apart

Together Not Apart

Backbeat Soundsystem

Easystar Records

Rating: ★★★

Cornwall may be famous for its coast, sunshine and laidback lifestyle – if you are a surfer with sufficient funds,...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Shiwezwa

Shiwezwa

Namvula

Namvula

Rating: ★★★★

This is a very impressive debut from a young singer born in Zambia, but raised in Switzerland, Kenya and Scotland....

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Laughter Out of Tears

Laughter Out of Tears

Moira Smiley & Voco

Whim Records

Rating: ★★★

Moira Smiley has cemented her status as a musical polyglot with her latest release alongside her female choir Voco. Not...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar

Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters

Top of the World

Nonesuch Records

Rating: ★★★★

Robert Plant refreshingly continues to refuse to be defined by his past. Backed by his eclectic live band the Sensational...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Sin País

Sin País

Ali Khattab

Nesma Productions

Rating: ★★★★

The title of this album, meaning ‘Landless’ or ‘Without a Homeland’ in Spanish, chimes with the era we are living...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Our World in Song

Our World in Song

Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho

Wind Music

Rating: ★★

“What would it sound like,” pondered Wu Man, “if I played folk songs from around the world such as ‘Frère...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of The Rough Guide To Music Without Frontiers

The Rough Guide To Music Without Frontiers

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

The compilation market is over-crowded; genuinely valid albums offering anything new are so rare that it is hard to suppress...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Kings of the South Seas

Kings of the South Seas

Kings of the South Seas

D.Wink

Rating: ★★★

Bored on tour, singer and concertina player Ben Nicholls idly picked up a book called The Missionary Trail. He grew...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Visions

Visions

Kavita Shah

Naïve Records

Rating: ★★★★

A Harvard student of Latin American studies and ethnomusicology, Kavita Shah has released an album on which the influence of...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Songs of Time Lost

Songs of Time Lost

Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal

Top of the World

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★

Vincent Segal is a cellist who had a hit five years ago with Chamber Music, his beautiful, understated duo collaboration...

Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2015

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