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Review of Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars

Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars

Yorkston/Thorne/Khan

Domino Records

Rating: ★★★

Last year the sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist James Yorkston and double bass player Jon Thorne...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017

Review of Blastoma

Blastoma

Ngaiire

Sony Music

Rating: ★★★

The second album from Papua New Guinea-born singer Ngaiire (pronounced Ny-rie) may be a step in a more commercial direction,...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: May/2017

Review of Genau!

Genau!

Baro Drom Orkestar

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★

The international debut from the Italian quartet claims to represent the ‘Power Gypsy Dance’ style. What exactly this is, Baro...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: May/2017

Review of As Montanhas de Som

As Montanhas de Som

Raphael Gimenes

One World Records

Rating: ★★★

It’s unclear if this disc was recorded last week or if Gimenes is somehow lost in time. It would not...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: May/2017

Review of Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng

Orchestra Baobab

Top of the World

World Circuit

Rating: ★★★★★

Despite the title, the first album from the legendary Senegalese dance band in a decade is not a tribute album...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2017

Review of Il Mese del Rosario

Il Mese del Rosario

Flo

Agualoca Records

Rating: ★★★★

Breaking moulds works best when you can demonstrate you’ve nailed the mould. The first two tracks of this scintillating second...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: May/2017

Review of Fairich

Fairich

Whyte

Whyte Noise

Rating: ★★★

Whyte hail from Aberdeen and Mull and comprise the electronic composer and the Gaelic singer-songwriter Ross and Alasdair Whyte. They...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: May/2017

Review of Dža Dža Dzum

Dža Dža Dzum

Ot Azoj

AAC Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the 1980s, the writer Malcolm Bradbury wrote Rates of Exchange, an eye-wateringly funny novel set in a fictitious...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: May/2017

Review of Hommage à Marcel Dadi

Hommage à Marcel Dadi

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Acoustic Music Records

Rating: ★★★

Tunisian-born French guitarist Marcel Dadi was a master of the fingerpicking style associated with Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. A...

Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: May/2017

Review of Maya: Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar

Maya: Bickram Ghosh’s Dedication to Ravi Shankar

Bickram Ghosh

East Meets West

Rating: ★★★★

One oft-cited example of the musicianship of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, is that he was the...

Reviewed by Jameela Siddiqi in issue: May/2017

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