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Review of To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar

To Catch a Ghost: Field Recordings from Madagascar

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Sublime Frequencies VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

Canada-based sound recordist Charles Brooks has spent more than 20 years recording in the field and this is the second...

Reviewed by Mike Gavin in issue: April/2019

Review of The Treasure Isle Ska Albums Collection

The Treasure Isle Ska Albums Collection

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Doctor Bird

Rating: ★★★★

The international popularity of ska launched Jamaica's music industry in the early 1960s and one of the big players on...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2019

Review of Unfurl

Unfurl

Fran & Flora

Top of the World

Fran & Flora Productions

Rating: ★★★★

Flora Curzon (violin) and Francesca Ter-Berg (cello) demonstrate a symbiotic musical relationship in this at times remarkable debut album. The...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2019

Review of Black Tenere

Black Tenere

Kel Assouf

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★

Anana Harouna is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Sahara with an intriguing history. He's a Touareg (he prefers the...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: April/2019

Review of And If You Will Come to Me

And If You Will Come to Me

Idan Raichel

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019

Review of Maria

Maria

Carminho

Top of the World

Warner Music

Rating: ★★★★

Within the first few seconds of Maria, Carminho makes one of the boldest moves in her career so far: she...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: April/2019

Review of Ambarao

Ambarao

Moiizah

XA

Rating: ★★★

It's a long way from the Indian Ocean to the isle of Jura, Scotland where Moiizah's debut album was recorded,...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: April/2019

Review of Vesselil

Vesselil

Vesselil

GO’ Danish Folk Music

Rating: ★★★★

Vesselil are a female string trio from Denmark playing Nordic folk music and this is their eponymous debut. Their name...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019

Review of Royal Traveller

Royal Traveller

Missy Raines

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★★

Primarily known as a multiple award-winning bluegrass bassist, Missy Raines' penchant for pushing musical boundaries has also found her experimenting...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: April/2019

Review of 1958

1958

Blick Bassy

Top of the World

No Format!

Rating: ★★★★★

With his soulful voice, Cameroonian author and singer-songwriter Blick Bassy delivers a luminous and reflective album of 11 songs. Using...

Reviewed by Pierre Cuny in issue: April/2019

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