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Review of Firelight Trio

Firelight Trio

Firelight Trio

Firelight Trio

Rating: ★★★★

A new trio featuring accordionist Phil Alexander (Moishe's Bagel), renowned Scottish fiddle player Gavin Marwick and Ruth Morris on the...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: March/2023

Review of Veena Dreams

Veena Dreams

Raghunath Manet

Top of the World

Plaza Mayor

Rating: ★★★★★

Raghunath Manet is originally from Puducherry in South India and splits his time between there and France. He is not...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2023

Review of Pura Maldad

Pura Maldad

Lola''s Dice

Dox Records

Rating: ★★★

Amsterdam-based tropical psych merchants Lola's Dice deliver a brain-bending blend of synth-infused cumbia, merengue, dub and fuzzy funk on this...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023

Review of The Cycle

The Cycle

Raz & Afla

Mawimbi Records

Rating: ★★★★

A deep contemporary African groove underpins this release – the first of album length from dance music experimentalists Raz &...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023

Review of Eyes on the Rise

Eyes on the Rise

Cory Seznec

Captain Pouch Records

Rating: ★★★★

From the seductive opening bars of ‘Chop It Up,‘ an African rumba-hued acoustic guitar and vocal cut that kicks off...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2023

Review of A Cimbalomprímás

A Cimbalomprímás

Tárkány Trió

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

The title of this album means ‘The Cimbalom Primás’ or bandleader and the player in question is Bálint Tárkány-Kovács, one...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

Review of Aïda

Aïda

Maïa Barouh

Editions Saravah

Rating: ★★★

Taking inspiration from traditional folk, tribal groove, French rap and the Tokyo underground scene, Maïa Barouh is an artist that...

Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: March/2023

Review of Family

Family

Eneida Marta

Eneida Marta

Rating: ★★★★

Eneida Marta is perhaps the best known female singer from Guinea-Bissau, a diva whose golden, wide-ranging voice – an instrument...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2023

Review of Tranquila. Celeste Canta Chavela

Tranquila. Celeste Canta Chavela

Celeste Alías

Microscopi

Rating: ★★★

A spin off from Tranquila, a show produced for Barcelona's Kursaal celebrating the life of Chavela Vargas, this release also...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2023

Review of Collection of Traditional Musics 32

Collection of Traditional Musics 32

The Band of Gică Diricel from Dobroteşti, Teleorman

Ethnophonie

Rating: ★★★

This band come from Teleorman County in the south of Romania, about 90km west of Clejani, home of Taraf de...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2023

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