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Review of Malawi Grooves 1950, ’57 & ’58

Malawi Grooves 1950, ’57 & ’58

VARIOUS ARTISTS

SWP Records

Rating: ★★★★

The opportunity to travel in time as well as space is all part of the appeal of world music, although...

Reviewed by Mark Hudson in issue: March/2017

Review of Elwan

Elwan

Tinariwen

Top of the World

Wedge Records

Rating: ★★★★

The seventh album from the world's favourite Touareg rockers is an album of both power and poignancy. It's a tale...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2017

Review of Driftwood Harp

Driftwood Harp

Pippa Reid-Foster

Pippa Reid-Foster

Rating: ★★★

Pippa Reid-Foster's debut CD is a set of original compositions and arrangements for the clarsach – traditional Scottish harp. The...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: March/2017

Review of Ingoma

Ingoma

Na Lengo

Ozella Records

Rating: ★★★

The Spanish guitarist Gerard Guse and the Kenyan singer Denis Inyani met in Ibiza – where they both now live...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2017

Review of Sadaka (The Gift)

Sadaka (The Gift)

Seydu

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★★

Born in Sierra Leone into a family of musicians, Seydu has led a storied life. He grew up listening to...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: March/2017

Review of Brexit Blues

Brexit Blues

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

Certainly not a blues compilation in the sense that might be commonly expected, this set mourns in advance the passing...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2017

Review of New Orleans Funk Vol 4

New Orleans Funk Vol 4

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Soul Jazz Records does a remarkable job in its reissues of Caribbean music and the New Orleans Funk series always...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2017

Review of Runaljod: Ragnarok

Runaljod: Ragnarok

Wardruna

Norse Music

Rating: ★★★

Einar Selvik is a Norwegian musician, formerly of the black metal band Gorgoroth. Seven years ago he founded the Nordic...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2017

Review of Encantações

Encantações

Renata Rosa

Top of the World

Hélico Records

Rating: ★★★★

Brazilian music has shown for some time a spectacular porousness and a seeming ease in introducing traditional forms to modern...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: March/2017

Review of Live at the Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Live at the Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Three Cane Whale

Kelston Records

Rating: ★★★

This first live album from the Bristol trio of Alex Vann, Pete Judge and Paul Bradley is also a recording...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2017

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