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Review of Afrosoul

Afrosoul

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★

The Ways we discover new music can research artists online. If you are unsure what you want to research, there...

Reviewed by Alastair Johnston in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of The Very Best of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures

The Very Best of Jewish-Arab Song Treasures

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

An excellent collection of 15 tracks representing the most important names from the tradition of 20th-century Jewish North African popular...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Lips of Clay

Lips of Clay

Solarference

Solarference

Rating: ★★★

Nick Janaway and Sarah Owen bring home-built computer tech to the world of I traditional folk. The results are fascinating,...

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

Review of Kopolo

Kopolo

Orchestre Baka Gbine

March Hare Music

Rating: ★★★

The charming tropical rainforest recordings of this Cameroonian pygmy group have won them quite a fanbase. Unfortunately, this latest instalment...

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

Review of Kala Jula

Kala Jula

Samba Diabate & Vincent Zanetti

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

In essence, this album by Malian griot Samba Diabate and Swiss world music specialist and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Zanetti is a...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Le Soleil est Levé

Le Soleil est Levé

Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole

Lache Pas Records

Rating: ★★★

Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole's recent tour of the UK found him wowing audiences and, hopefully, represents the start of...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Kalamburage

Kalamburage

SkaZka Orchestra

Eastblok Music

Rating: ★★★

SkaZka were formed by two youths, Artur Gortatschov and Valentin Butt, who shared a homeland in the former Soviet Union...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Komme No Heim

Komme No Heim

Jon Anders Halvorsen

Etnisk Musikklubb

Rating: ★★★★

If you don’t know your stev from your lokk, or your skillingsviser from your bygdevise, have No fear. Jon Anders...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Apr/May/2013

Review of Grey Falcon

Grey Falcon

Svetlana Spajic Group

Multimedia Music

Rating: ★★★★

Svetlana Spajic has been researching and performing the village music of Serbs in Serbia itself and further afield for many...

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

Review of Pizzica Indiavolata

Pizzica Indiavolata

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Top of the World

Ponderosa Music & Art

Rating: ★★★★

There's no question that this spirited, acclaimed seven-piece acoustic ensemble is the vanguard of the effervescent present-day musical scene in...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2013

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