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Review of Ethiobraz

Ethiobraz

Large Unit Fendika

PNL Records

Rating: ★★

The traditional Ethiopian musicians of Addis Ababa's Fendika Azmari Bet have joined forces with Paal Nilssen-Love's pan-Scandinavian group Large Unit...

Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2020

Review of Po Drum Mome/A Girl on the Road

Po Drum Mome/A Girl on the Road

Eugenia Georgieva

Riverboat Records

Rating: ★★★★

London-based Bulgarian singer Eugenia Georgieva presents an exploration of Bulgarian song with this album, having already established herself as a...

Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: June/2018

Review of A Tiempo Real

A Tiempo Real

Vigüela

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★★

Poetry ripples through this album of traditional Spanish songs from Toledo-based ensemble Vigüela. It's in the song titles – ‘The...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: November/2018

Review of Desturi

Desturi

Kasiva Mutua

Delicious Tunes

Rating: ★★★★

Kasiva Mutua has been making a name for herself as a standout percussionist in Kenyan and African music, fusing the...

Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: June/2025

Review of Freehand

Freehand

Kabantu

Humanati Records

Rating: ★★★

Having witnessed much of Freehand being performed by this eclectic ensemble earlier in the year, it is a pleasure to...

Reviewed by Anne Templer in issue: January/February/2023

Review of Glasshouses

Glasshouses

James Lascelles Quartet

Orme Records

Rating: ★

Keyboardist Lascelles was a founder member of the Global Village Trucking Company in the early 1970s, going on to become...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: November/2017

Review of Bleu de Lune

Bleu de Lune

Zoufris Maracas

Top of the World

Chapter Two Records

Rating: ★★★★

This Franco-Algerian bunch of latter-day troubadours was discovered busking on the streets of Paris. Their live shows are renowned and...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: June/2020

Review of People of the Sun

People of the Sun

Anthony Joseph

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★

Anthony Joseph was raised in Trinidad, shifted to London and has, over recent decades, made a name for himself as...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: November/2018

Review of Light Up the Dark

Light Up the Dark

The Outside Track

Larimer Records

Rating: ★★★

There is a stadium feel to The Outside Track's music. The pan-Celtic quintet (from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton) have...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2016

Review of $/He Who Feeds You…Owns You

$/He Who Feeds You…Owns You

The Brother Moves On

Native Rebel Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

In a terrific transition from the protest music of their last album, Tolika Mtoliki, The Brother Moves On's fourth record...

Reviewed by Diane Coetzer in issue: December/2022

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