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Review of Ghetto Songs

Ghetto Songs

Frank London

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

In 2016 Frank London (The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave etc) was invited to be artist-in-residence for the celebration of the...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2021

Review of Mezclatotäl

Mezclatotäl

Komasi

Yapa

Rating: ★★

The one thing you cannot accuse Komasi of is a lack of ambition. Respectively from France, Burkina Faso and Chile,...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2021

Review of Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers

Tarrwaysin & Rrways: A Journey into the Realm of Amazigh Wandering Poet-Singers

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Atlas Azawaa/Anya

Rating: ★★★★★

Tarrwaysin & Rrways is a landmark collection of new performances of more than 50 itinerant Amazigh (Berber) poets and singers...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2021

Review of In Our Voices

In Our Voices

Moira Smiley & VOCO

Top of the World

Moira Smiley Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Sing out, people. Raise your voices. Raise them in harmony with others. Sing out in the spirit of dissent and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2021

Review of Penya

Penya

Penya

Top of the World

Liminal Records

Rating: ★★★★

Genre-massaging London trio Penya have been making waves for a while now, most especially in the youthful, club-leaning universe populated...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Review of Ekonklo

Ekonklo

Adjiri Odametey

Africmelo Records

Rating: ★★★

Ekonklo is a thoroughly enjoyable hour of gentle West African roots music. Adjiri Odametey is a singer-songwriter from Accra, Ghana...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: June/2021

Review of The Light of the Moon

The Light of the Moon

Gnoss

Blackfly Records

Rating: ★★★★

Forged in Orkney in 2015 by Aidan Moodie (vocals and acoustic guitar) and Graham Rorie (fiddle and mandolin), and with...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: June/2021

Review of 4:00 AM

4:00 AM

Delgres

Le Label/PIAS

Rating: ★★★★

France-born and raised Pascal Danaë was in his 30s when he first visited Guadeloupe, the birth country of his parents;...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: June/2021

Review of Me Quité

Me Quité

Héctor Valentín

Top of the World

Tumi

Rating: ★★★★★

A gem for Cuban music lovers: a new album from seasoned singer Héctor Valentín, lead vocalist for some of the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Review of Hunger of the Skin

Hunger of the Skin

Brian Finnegan

Top of the World

Singing Tree Music

Rating: ★★★★

Hunger of the Skin finds Flook flautist Brian Finnegan putting COVID-19 lockdown purdah to scintillating use with a firing-on-all-cylinders set....

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: June/2021

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