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Review of Far Out Presents Brazilian Bass

Far Out Presents Brazilian Bass

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Often electronic music from Brazil is represented either by the laid-back qualities of electronic bossa nova or the rattling beats...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Mängleik

Mängleik

Duo Jansen/Jüssi

Duo Jansen/Jüssi

Rating: ★★★★

Playfulness is at the heart of this music. There's a real sense of being at a live concert, feet tapping...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Any Other Morning

Any Other Morning

Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys

Transition Records

Rating: ★★★★

The cover image of two small figures silhouetted under a vast sky reflects the epic scale at work on the...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks

Tamburocket Hungarian Fireworks

SöndörgŐ

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

According to one story, the last music heard by the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the night before going to his death,...

Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Trésors de la Musique Judéo-Arabe

Trésors de la Musique Judéo-Arabe

Lili Boniche

World Village

Rating: ★★★

Another welcome haul through the treasure trove of Jewish-Arab popular song: in this case, it's 13 tracks, including three released...

Reviewed by Philip Sweeney in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Tzenni

Tzenni

Noura Mint Seymali

Top of the World

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★★

The latest ascending Saharan star comes not from Mali, as you might expect, but from Mauritania. Singer and griot Noura...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Mañana

Mañana

Amanda Martinez

Amanda Martinez

Rating: ★★

It's probably fair to say there aren’t that many famous Mexican-Canadian singer-songwriters out there and certainly none of the stature...

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of In the Air or the Earth

In the Air or the Earth

The Askew Sisters

RootBeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ancient ballads from the crossroads of life, death, fate and fortune, and equally antique dance tunes – you can almost...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Beneath the Sun

Beneath the Sun

Tom E Lewis

Skinnyfish Music

Rating: ★★★★

A Murrungun man from Arnhem Land, singer-songwriter and actor Tom E Lewis is still best remembered for his murderous lead...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

Review of Akal Warled

Akal Warled

Imarhan Timbuktu

Clermont Music

Rating: ★★★

Mix the hypnotic call-and-response vocals and tinde hand-drums of the Touareg troupe Tartit with the electric guitars, rocking rhythms and...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Aug/Sep/2014

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