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Review of Weapon of Choice

Weapon of Choice

Airileke

Top of the World

Wantok Musik

Rating: ★★★★

Airileke Ingram is a Melbourne-based percussionist/producer who's been omnipresent in the Australian world music scene since the mid-90s. Raised in...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Santiago de Cuba: La Reina del ‘Son’

Santiago de Cuba: La Reina del ‘Son’

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Frémeaux & Associés

Rating: ★★★★

Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city on the gorgeous, beleaguered Caribbean island. The capital of the Santiago de...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of We’re Usually A Lot Better Than This

We’re Usually A Lot Better Than This

Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott

Top of the World

Full Light Records

Rating: ★★★★

If they really are ‘usually a lot better than this’ then it's difficult to imagine what Tim O'Brien and Darrell...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Eu Preciso de um Liquidificador

Graveola

Mais Um Discos

Rating: ★★★

With its musicality, playful melodies and wide mix of influences (samba, choro, pop and doo wop are all in the...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Wedding Me Ware Wo

Wedding Me Ware Wo

AJ Holmes & The Hackney Empire

Moringa Music

Rating: ★★★

A five-piece London crew with a taste for ponchos, fringes and clashing African textiles, AJ Holmes & The Hackney Empire...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Wakukaya

Wakukaya

Ashimba

Grandpop Records

Rating: ★★★

This is another fine example of how Scandinavian musicians are collaborating with African musicians in professional studio conditions and producing...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Ebo Taylor

Ebo Taylor

Ebo Taylor

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★★

A leading innovator, musician, arranger and early collaborator with Fela Kuti, CK Mann and Pat Thomas (to name but a...

Reviewed by Peter Adjaye in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Lullabies

Lullabies

Jackie Oates

ECC Records

Rating: ★★★★

Who else but Jackie Oates could deliver such a fine set of lullabies as this? Over the course of her...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Exile

Exile

Nuru Kane

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★

He calls his style ‘Baye Fall Gnawa’. But the religious music of the Baye Fall (a Senegalese Islamic sect) and...

Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Angelina

Angelina

The Bulgarian Voices Angelite

Jaro

Rating: ★★★★

The Bulgarian Voices Angelite, one of the more successful splinter groups formed from the ashes of the once lavishly funded...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Apr/May/2013

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