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Review of Ragas from Lahore

Ragas from Lahore

Tenderlonious

22a

Rating: ★★★

The musical pilgrimage route from West to East may be well-trodden, but it does not typically run through Woking. Little...

Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: January/2021

Review of Urranta

Urranta

Deirdre Graham

Ashaig Music

Rating: ★★★

Deirdre Graham comes from a musical family on the Isle of Skye. After studying Gaelic song and clarsach at the...

Reviewed by Rob Adams in issue: January/2021

Review of Hunting Eagles Catching Swans

Hunting Eagles Catching Swans

Gao Hong & Friends | Lin Shicheng & Gao Hong

Top of the World

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Lin Shicheng (1922-2005), the late master of the Pudong School of pipa playing, was one of the most highly regarded...

Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: January/2021

Review of Trouble Fête

Trouble Fête

Badi & Boddhi Satva

Batakar

Rating: ★★★

A collaboration between Belgian/African rapper Badi and producer Boddhi Satva, this politically charged record is for the disenchanted optimist. Composed...

Reviewed by Lucy Hallam in issue: January/2021

Review of Puput

Puput

Cocanha

Top of the World

Pagans/Dardalh

Rating: ★★★★

By singing in the ancient French regional Occitan language accompanied mainly by bodily percussion, this all-female vocal group will inevitably...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2021

Review of We Are Many

We Are Many

Soothsayers

WahWah 45s

Rating: ★★★

Soothsayers – essentially, the duo of trumpeter Robin Hopcraft and saxophonist Idris Rahman working with a shifting ensemble of musicians...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: January/2021

Review of The Good Noise

The Good Noise

Me Lost Me

Tallbird Records

Rating: ★★★

The latest release from Me Lost Me, the musical project of British artist Jayne Dent, is an extraordinarymélange of field...

Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: January/2021

Review of Osmanity

Osmanity

Balkan Bump

Bump Records

Rating: ★★★

Like rats jumping a sinking ship, world beat DJs have ditched the Balkans in favour of sounds further afield —...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: January/2021

Review of The Incredible NANÁ

The Incredible NANÁ

Naná Vasconcelos with Agustín Pereyra Lucena

Altercat

Rating: ★★★★

A de facto solo debut of sorts yet only ever released in Argentina, The Incredible NANÁ dates back to 1971...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: January/2021

Review of Che Belew (March Forward)

Che Belew (March Forward)

Ayalew Mesfin

Now-Again Records

Rating: ★★★

Aficionados of Francis Falceto’s Éthiopiques series will recall Ayalew Mesfin from the extraordinary track ‘Hasabe’ on volume eight: Swinging Addis....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: January/2021

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