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Review of Live in Nashville

Live in Nashville

Lakha Khan

Amarrass Records

Rating: ★★★★

This is a live recording of a 2013 concert on Lakha Khan's debut American tour, given in a Presbyterian church...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015

Review of Världen kom Tillbaka

Världen kom Tillbaka

Sara Möller

Konfonium Audio

Rating: ★★★

This delicate, tinkling debut steals in like fine hoar frost, its Swedish title speaking of the desire to reconnect with...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: March/2015

Review of Ethiocolor

Ethiocolor

Ethiocolor

Selam Sounds

Rating: ★★★

Ethiocolor is a new project exploring cultural traditions from across Ethiopia, and the sounds of its northern azmari culture in...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: March/2015

Review of Maldivian Traditional Music From V Keyodhoo

Maldivian Traditional Music From V Keyodhoo

Vaavu Keyodhoo Rahvehi Club

Asasi Records (3 CDs)

Rating: ★

The remote nature of the Maldives and its Indian Ocean islands has meant that, over the centuries, its inhabitants have...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2015

Review of Caboclo

Caboclo

Pierre Aderne

Abacateiro Musica

Rating: ★★

As a high-profile singer-songwriter with his own TV show, the French-born, Brazil-raised Pierre Aderne would seem to be living proof...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: March/2015

Review of 2nd

2nd

[su:m]

Blue Boy

Rating: ★★★

No, it's not a misprint. And [su:m] are more than the sum of their parts. They are a classy female...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: March/2015

Review of Many Languages: One Soul

Many Languages: One Soul

Balkan Clarinet Summit

Piranha Musik

Rating: ★★★

Five skilled clarinettists from across the Balkan peninsula have been convened by two clarinettist/composers from Germany, under the auspices of...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2015

Review of Tall Tales & Misadventures

Tall Tales & Misadventures

Goitse

Copperplate

Rating: ★★★★

Album number three from the Irish five-piece Goitse (the name is an informal Irish greeting, meaning ‘come here’) follows 2012's...

Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: March/2015

Review of Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks: Honky Tonk Vol 2

Charlie Gillett's Radio Picks: Honky Tonk Vol 2

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Ace Records

Rating: ★★★

Long before Charlie Gillett became a world music DJ (and guru) he was something of a seer for what's now...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: March/2015

Review of Razón de Son

Razón de Son

Raúl Rodríguez

Fol Musica

Rating: ★★★★

Seville-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Raúl Rodríguez is familiar to flamenco fans through his Cuban-inflected fusions with the group Son de...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2015

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