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Review of Silk Baroque

Silk Baroque

Wu Wei & Holland Baroque

Pentatone

Rating: ★★★★

This is an elegant album of mainly European baroque music and pseudo-baroque compositions, but with a twist – the solo...

Reviewed by Hyelim Kim in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of White Night

White Night

Stephan Micus

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

The ‘white night’ of this album's title comes from an anonymous Japanese poem about a cuckoo that sings all the...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of História do Choro

História do Choro

Duo Violão + 1

Amimo

Rating: ★★★★

História do Choro is an ambitious, meticulous and well-executed journey through the history of an iconic Brazilian genre led by...

Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Voices and Percussions

Voices and Percussions

Boca de Tambor

10h10

Rating: ★★★

Brazilian percussionist, arranger and composer Silvano Michelino's project Boca de Tambor is a journey rich in timbres, rhythms and textures,...

Reviewed by Gabrielle Messeder in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Cuatro

Cuatro

Las Migas

Satélite K

Rating: ★★★

Flamenco dance has been undergoing a quasi-feminist revival for some time, as virtuosos like Sara Baras, María Pagés and Rafaela...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Safe in Sound

Safe in Sound

Daryl Shawn

Dimed

Rating: ★★★

Safe in Sound is the fifth album in a long-established series of self-releases by the solo acoustic guitarist Daryl Shawn,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Gákti

Gákti

Vassvik

heilo

Rating: ★★★

Sámi joik singing can be atmospheric and otherworldly, but Norway's Torgeir Vassvik pushes it to an eerie extreme. He chants...

Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Bullinn

Bullinn

Mattis Kleppen & Resjemheia

Crispin Glover Records

Rating: ★★

Bullinn is the third album from the Norwegian Hardanger fiddler (and prize-winning fiddle maker) Ottar Kåsa, jazz musician Mattis Kleppen...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Neskrotený

Neskrotený

Hrdza

Hrdza

Rating: ★

Hrdza (Rust) is a Slovakia-based band inspired by the East European folk traditions, consisting of Slavomír Gibarti (vocals, guitars), Susanna...

Reviewed by Agnieszka Ujma in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

Review of Middle Eastern

Middle Eastern

Mehdi Rajabian

Top of the World

Sony Music Turkey

Rating: ★★★★★

Time and time again we are reminded of music's ability to bridge divides, expose injustices and to give hope to...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: Aug/Sep/2019

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