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Review of Komia

Komia

Puhti

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★★

In the old Karelian culture of Finland, illatsus are festive evenings that combine music and dance. The Finnish duo Puhti,...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Ojos de Novia

Ojos de Novia

Mor Karbasi

Alama Records

Rating: ★★★

Stating that Mor Karbasi is one of the most spellbinding contemporary singers in the world seems unnecessary. And that's exactly...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Afro-Haitian Experimental Orchestra

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★

In 2014 Tony Allen visited Haiti to perform with local musicians at a concert in Port-Au-Prince's main square. He was...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Al Viento

Al Viento

Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus

InFiné

Rating: ★★★★

Even without the different surnames, you’d be forgiven for not realising that Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus are father and...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Rough Romanian Soul

Rough Romanian Soul

ZMEI3

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

Record producer, field recordist and author Ian Brennan is an interesting character, going off the beaten track to record music...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Ser Fado

Ser Fado

Telmo Pires

Traumton Records

Rating: ★

There's no beating around the bush: Telmo Pires’ second fado effort makes a poor case for his defence. It is...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Jump the Fire

Jump the Fire

Evie Ladin Band

Evil Diane Music

Rating: ★★★

California-based vocalist and clawhammer banjo player Evie Ladin shut herself away in a damp, dark cabin to compose the songs...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Mirrors

Mirrors

Mala

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Though he will perhaps always be best known for his role in instigating the dubstep movement – through his work...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Sandaraa

Sandaraa

Sandaraa

Sandaraa

Rating: ★★★★

Sandaraa are a musical manifesto defying ethnic, linguistic and national borders and tracing a shared human experience through their ‘trans-Eurasian’...

Reviewed by Amar Dhillon in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

Review of Si L’Hiver Peut Prendre

Si L’Hiver Peut Prendre

Lawrence O’Hearn André Marchand

Lawrence O’Hearn

Rating: ★★★★

The French title of this recording – ‘if only winter would take hold’ – has an idiomatic meaning in Québec....

Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: Aug/Sep/2016

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