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Review of Enregistré Live

Enregistré Live

Genticorum

Top of the World

Les Productions de Moulin

Rating: ★★★★

Genticorum's four previous albums confirmed them as one of Quebec's most vibrant, energetic and exciting groups. They have developed a...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2013

Review of Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle

Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Nonesuch Records (2 CDs,)

Rating: ★★★

I Kate and Anna McGarrigle were the unlikeliest of pop stars, two plain-spoken homebodies raised in the ancient Laurentian mountain...

Reviewed by Roger Hahn in issue: October/2013

Review of Kamélé Yeleen

Kamélé Yeleen

Moussa Pantio Diabaté & Baragnouma

Baragnouma

Rating: ★★

Moussa Pantio Diabaté is a balafon (xylophone) player from Burkina Faso. With the help of Arts Council funding he was...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: October/2013

Review of African Tree

African Tree

Marcelo Andrade

Ourland Records

Rating: ★★

I wish I could say that this album lives up to the artist’s laudable idea of planting 500 trees in...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: October/2013

Review of Dear Sister

Dear Sister

Claire Lynch

Compass Records

Rating: ★★★

The 59-year-old singer, songwriter, session vocalist and bandleader Claire Lynch recently signed with Compass Records after a long 18 years...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013

Review of Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye

Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye

Hailu Mergia

Awesome Tapes from Africa

Rating: ★★★★★

Whilst we’re used to hearing lilting scales from vintage Ethiopia, this latest reissue from Awesome Tapes from Africa is like...

Reviewed by Chris Menist in issue: October/2013

Review of You Me Bullets Love

You Me Bullets Love

The Bombay Royale

Hope Street Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Take a bunch of session players, add two Indian Australian singers, then order several helpings of theatrical, high-energy Bollywood pastiche:...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: October/2013

Review of Floating Letters

Floating Letters

Tsuumi Sound System

Tsuumi Sound System

Rating: ★★★★

I’ve waxed lyrical about Tsuumi Sound System in the past, praising them for their brilliant approach to bringing together Finnish...

Reviewed by Fiona Talkington in issue: October/2013

Review of Greek Rhapsody: Instrumental Music from Greece, 1905-1956

Greek Rhapsody: Instrumental Music from Greece, 1905-1956

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Dust-to-Digital (2 CDs)

Rating: ★★★★★

Greek Rhapsody is an organic, if indirect, extension of a 2005 collaboration between British musician and archivist Tony Klein and...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: October/2013

Review of Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Black Birds are Dancing Over Me

Danny Michel & The Garifuna Collective

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

For those who do not know him or his work, Danny Michel is a folk-rock singer from Ontario, whose reflective,...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

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