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Review of Al Nge Taa

Al Nge Taa

Jan Galega Brönnimann, Moussa Cissokho & Omri Hason

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

The Swiss woodwind player Jan Galega Brönnimann plays some of the lowest clarinet you’re ever likely to experience – on...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2016

Review of Tractor Beam

Tractor Beam

Richie & Rosie

Richie & Rosie

Rating: ★★★

The debut album featuring fiddler Rosie Newton and banjoist Richie Stearns was originally issued in the US in 2013, but...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2016

Review of InConcept

InConcept

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Ropeadope Records

Rating: ★★★★

Cross-genre fusion, particularly between jazz and traditional styles, is a very tricky thing to pull off without sounding contrived, derivative...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: November/2016

Review of Mara

Mara

Aditya Prakash Ensemble

AKP Music

Rating: ★★★

LA-based Aditya Prakash began his training in Karnatic singing when he was eight years old, and he has since toured...

Reviewed by Amardeep Dhillon in issue: November/2016

Review of Tanbou TouJou Lou

Tanbou TouJou Lou

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ostinato Records

Rating: ★★★★★

What a superb compilation this is. Record detective Vik Sohonie has worked as a veteran researcher, writer and editor at...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2016

Review of Overtones

Overtones

Wu Wei & Wang Li

Harmonia Mundi

Rating: ★★★★

It's perhaps a measure of the subtlety of the music that the liner notes to this new addition to Harmonia...

Reviewed by Michael Church in issue: November/2016

Review of Magic Fire

Magic Fire

The Stray Birds

Yep Roc

Rating: ★★

Unlike previous Stray Birds recordings, Magic Fire is mostly devoid of anything especially magical or combustible. Produced – or, more...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2016

Review of Ragas & Talas/India's Master Musician

Ragas & Talas/India's Master Musician

Ravi Shankar

Minuet Records

Rating: ★★★★

This double album presents two of the earliest releases of the late sitar legend Ravi Shankar. Ragas & Talas was...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: November/2016

Review of Echo en México

Echo en México

Money Chicha

Top of the World

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★★

In 1970s Peru, the cumbia beat from Colombia was given a psychedelic makeover thanks to raw electric guitars and Farfisa...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2016

Review of Warp & Weft

Warp & Weft

Cosgrave & Banks

Cosgrave & Banks

Rating: ★★★

This album is a debut from a duo of multi-instrumentalists Mike Cosgrave and Steve Banks. Built on fiddle (Banks) and...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2016

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