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Review of Say What?

Say What?

Two Man Ting

2bootmusic

Rating: ★★★

Two Man Ting is a Bristol-based duo who have been plugging away at the festival circuit. Jon Lewis and Jah-Man...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2015

Review of Minoré Manés

Minoré Manés

María Símoglou Ensemble

Top of the World

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a lovely disc, reaching back to the origins of rebetika, which, in part, derives from the music performed...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: November/2015

Review of Bali 1928, Vol II: Tembang Kuna – Songs from an Earlier Time

Bali 1928, Vol II: Tembang Kuna – Songs from an Earlier Time

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Arbiter

Rating: ★★★

The second of five planned discs collecting 78s of traditional Balinese music, this album's music may be 87 years old,...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: November/2015

Review of Continuum

Continuum

The Observatory

The Observatory

Rating: ★★★

For their seventh album, Singapore-based art-rockers The Observatory, most of whom are graduates of various 90s bands, have combined guitars,...

Reviewed by John Whitfield in issue: November/2015

Review of The Land We Hold Dear

The Land We Hold Dear

The Barker Band

BB Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Land We Hold Dear is the first release by The Barker Band since the passing in April 2012 of...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2015

Review of Secret Victory

Secret Victory

The East Pointers

East Pointers Records

Rating: ★★★

There was an impressive self-titled EP last year from this Canadian power-folk trio but their live-sounding, full-length album debut is...

Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2015

Review of Inconceivable Mazurkas

Inconceivable Mazurkas

Kapela Maliszów

Top of the World

Karrot Kommando

Rating: ★★★★★

This is a real find: a remarkable family trio comprising Jan Malisz and his two children,12-year-old Zuzanna and 16-year-old Kacper,...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: November/2015

Review of The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cumbia

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cumbia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

The ever-growing thirst for Peruvian cumbia (sometimes known as chicha) is showing no signs of being satiated. What started in...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: November/2015

Review of What Pan Did for Me

What Pan Did for Me

Rudy Smith

Caprice Records

Rating: ★★★★

Visitors to Port of Spain's legendary carnival will recall Panorama, the steel band competition at which bands – some up...

Reviewed by Charles De Ledesma in issue: November/2015

Review of Tunes from the North, Songs from the South

Tunes from the North, Songs from the South

Karrnnel Sawitsky & Daniel Koulack

Kos Green Music

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone with an ear for the deeply complex and exquisitely subtle reciprocation between the banjo and fiddle will be dazzled...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: November/2015

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