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Review of A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

A Moving Sound

Motéma Music

Rating: ★★★

Founded by Taiwanese singer Mia Hsieh and American musician Scott Prairie, A Moving Sound draw on a rich history, offering...

Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: October/2012

Review of The Tokyo Concert

The Tokyo Concert

Astor Piazzolla

Milan

Rating: ★★★★

This stunning live album of Astor Piazzolla was recorded at Tokyo’s Shibuya Kokaido theatre on November 21, 1982, at the...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2012

Review of Summertime: Best of Black Umfolosi

Summertime: Best of Black Umfolosi

Black Umfolosi

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Asked to name two southern African a capella choirs, many will struggle after nominating Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Songlines readers might...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2012

Review of Scented Maiden

Scented Maiden

Guo Gan

Felmay

Rating: ★★★

With his long silk robes, Buddha-bead bracelet and serene expression, Guo Gan wouldn’t look out of place in a Zhang...

Reviewed by Rowan Pease in issue: October/2012

Review of Greekadelia

Greekadelia

Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis Kalyviotis

Top of the World

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, Kristi Stassinopoulou absorbed influences ranging from Jefferson Airplane and the Velvet Underground to...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: October/2012

Review of Growing Stone

Growing Stone

Nation Beat

Barbés Records

Rating: ★★

The colourfully tasteful packaging might suggest that this American/ Brazilian collective see Growing Stone cosying up to the Putumayo compilations...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2012

Review of Parcel of Rogues

Parcel of Rogues

Jake Cogan

Wrong Note Records

Rating: ★★★

It is difficult to provide fresh interpretations of the songs of Robert Burns. But with only her second album Edinburgh-based...

Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012

Review of Diaspora in Buenos Aires

Diaspora in Buenos Aires

The Linetzky Family

Winter & Winter

Rating: ★★★

This is an intimate document of a Jewish family in Argentina remembering their roots in Eastern Europe. Pianist Andrés Linetzky...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: October/2012

Review of Feel

Feel

Hot Seats

Hot Seats

Rating: ★★★

The Hot Seats’ seventh album is unmissable for anyone interested in old-time music from the southern US. Appalachian music, bluegrass,...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: October/2012

Review of Camilla

Camilla

Caroline Herring

Top of the World

Signature Sounds

Rating: ★★★★★

Caroline Herring was part of the Cecil Sharp Project, re-examining the Edwardian collector's catalogue of songs gathered from Britain and...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2012

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