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BGKO

Satélite K

Rating: ★★★

The Barcelona Gipsy BalKan Orchestra, formerly the Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra, present their seventh album – hence the title. A...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: August/2024

Review of 7 Billion

7 Billion

Kiran Ahluwalia

Six Degrees

Rating: ★★★

It's good, for her health's sake, that New York-based ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia isn’t one of those artists, like Led...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2018

Review of Brazilian Beats 7

Brazilian Beats 7

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Mr Bongo

Rating: ★★★

One of the great things about the Brazilian Beats series is that it has precious few restraints to its remit....

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2014

Review of Man No Die

Man No Die

Bola Johnson

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

Bola Johnson has been one of the finds in the recent plethora of re c ent Nigerian highlife/Afro-funk archive reissues....

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: Jan/Feb/2011

Review of Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?

Nickel Creek/This Side/Why Should the Fire Die?

Nickel Creek

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★★

When Nickel Creek formed in 1989, siblings Sara and Sean Watkins and Chris Thile were not yet 13 years old....

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: December/2020

Review of 7 Fish

7 Fish

Kelly Thoma

Kelly Thoma

Rating: ★★★★

This is Kelly Thoma's second solo album and, like her debut Anamkhara, it reveals her to be among the most...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015

Review of You Will Never Die!

You Will Never Die!

Yom & The Wonder Rabbis

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Clarinettist Yom's second project with his band The Wonder Rabbis comes seven years after the first one. In between, he's...

Reviewed by Asher Breuer-Weil in issue: Jan/Feb/2019

Review of Die Demokratie

Die Demokratie

Ozan Ata Canani

Fun in the Church

Rating: ★★★

Growing up in Germany as part of the Turkish diaspora, Ozan Ata Canani began playing the bağlama and writing songs...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2025

Review of 7 Portais

7 Portais

Fabio Bergamini

Belic Music

Rating: ★★★★

Bergamini may come from an academic background but he has played percussion alongside a wide range of Brazilian artists, from...

Reviewed by Andy Cumming in issue: May/2025

Review of 1000 Can Die

1000 Can Die

King Ayisoba

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

It’s as absurd to generalise about African albums as it would be American or European albums. But over the years...

Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: May/2017

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