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Review of Tülay German & François Rabbath

Tülay German & François Rabbath

Tülay German & François Rabbath

Zehra

Rating: ★★★

Vocalist Tülay German cut her teeth as a jazz singer in Istanbul nightclubs in the early 60s before bursting onto...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Review of Godless Ceremony

Godless Ceremony

Islandman

Music for Dreams

Rating: ★★★

Islandman supplies slick multi-layered atmospheric down-tempo electronica with an ethno touch. Featuring musicians from all over the globe, the title...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: November/2021

Review of Alborotá

Alborotá

Alea

Alea Music

Rating: ★★★

Alborotá (meaning loud, rowdy, riotous in the feminine form) is an album created to explore notions of strength, perseverance, feminism...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021

Review of Songs of Exile

Songs of Exile

Abdelli

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

Albums by the Brussels-based Algerian singer and songwriter Abderrahmane Abdelli are as rare as an oasis in the desert –...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021

Review of Outstanding

Outstanding

Timba MM

Naxos World

Rating: ★★

Outstanding was recorded by a Montréal-based group of Canadian and Cuban musicians, Timba MM (pronounced ‘timba emmay emmay’). The accompanying...

Reviewed by Charlotte Algar in issue: November/2021

Review of Cameos

Cameos

Mark Cain

Parenthèses Records

Rating: ★★★

Mark Cain lives in Fremantle, Australia, and specialises in a highly impressive number of reed and other wind instruments, as...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2021

Review of Sounds of Sudan

Sounds of Sudan

Nabra & Ligeti Quartet

Nabra & Ligeti Quartet

Rating: ★★★

Bristol-based oud players Ali Elmubarak and Knud Stüwe came together as Nabra in 2015 to explore a shared love of...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: November/2021

Review of Ghost Owl

Ghost Owl

Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow

Red Guitar Blue Music

Rating: ★★★

It's boom time for bird-themed music. Folksinger Sam Lee has his nightingales project; composer Cosmo Sheldrake's Wake Up Calls samples...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: November/2021

Review of Shindu Shi

Shindu Shi

Fadhilee Itulya

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021

Review of Unbounded (Abaad)

Unbounded (Abaad)

Purbayan Chatterjee

Sufiscore

Rating: ★★★

Inspired by Hindustani classical lineage and by John McLaughlin's fusions with Shakti alike, the 45-year old Indian sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2021

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