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Review of The Rough Guide to Fado Legends

The Rough Guide to Fado Legends

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★

It's only natural that for every musical genre there is one voice that stands out and outshines everyone else. If...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Declan Kelly Presents Diesel N’ Dub

Declan Kelly Presents Diesel N’ Dub

Declan Kelly

Diaspora Music

Rating: ★★★

The son of a Maori mother and an Irish father, Sydney-based drummer Kelly regularly fronts his own band The Rising...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Havana Cultura Mix: The Soundclash!

Havana Cultura Mix: The Soundclash!

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★

The most striking feature of Brownswood's Cuban series has been its focus on unearthing new talents and creating hybrid sounds....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of In the Wake of Neil Gunn

In the Wake of Neil Gunn

Mike Vass

Unroofed Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the early 20th century Neil Gunn was one of the most prolific and influential writers in Scotland, with a...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Goats

Goats

Xylouris White

Other Music Recording Company

Rating: ★★★★

The lute player George Xylouris grew up in Anogia, a town in the mountains of Crete not too far from...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of The Gnawa Berber

The Gnawa Berber

Simo Lagnawi

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

After dedicating his debut solo album, the bustling but tightly wound Gnawa London, to his adopted home city, Simo Lagnawi...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Together Not Apart

Together Not Apart

Backbeat Soundsystem

Easystar Records

Rating: ★★★

Cornwall may be famous for its coast, sunshine and laidback lifestyle – if you are a surfer with sufficient funds,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Shiwezwa

Shiwezwa

Namvula

Namvula

Rating: ★★★★

This is a very impressive debut from a young singer born in Zambia, but raised in Switzerland, Kenya and Scotland....

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace

Voice + Vision: Songs of Resistance, Democracy and Peace

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Topic Records (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★

‘The Internationale’ was Topic Records’ first ever release, with the jollier ‘The Man that Waters the Workers’ Beer’ on the...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of Neva/Harmony

Neva/Harmony

Olcay Bayir

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★

A decade or so ago a Turkish singer covering songs from the Balkans to Armenia through Greece and Turkey...

Reviewed by Francesco Martinelli in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

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