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Danyèl Waro

Buda Musique/Cobalt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Ever since 1994, when he burst onto the world music scene with one of his landmark songs ‘Adékalom’, Danyèl Waro...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: August/2017

Review of Desconstrução

Desconstrução

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Goma Gringa

Rating: ★★★★

No one's been doing a better job at bringing São Paulo, Brazil's never-ending megalopolis, to life in recent years than...

Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: March/2017

Review of Right at Home: Live at Mount Hooley

Right at Home: Live at Mount Hooley

Dan Walsh & Alistair Anderson

White Meadow Records

Rating: ★★★★

Dan Walsh is a busy man. Hot on the heels of his excellent solo record earlier in 2017, Verging on...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: December/2017

Review of The Last Bell

The Last Bell

Alan Kelly Gang

Blackbox Music

Rating: ★★★

Alan Kelly plays piano accordion with great verve and subtlety. His gang consist of: Steph Geremia on flute and vocals;...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2015

Review of Zapateo Suite

Zapateo Suite

Joel Hierrezuelo

Continuo Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Since settling in Paris in 1997, this Cuban expatriate has played with the likes of Gilles Peterson and Havana Cultura,...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: May/2019

Review of Multishow Ao Vivo

Multishow Ao Vivo

Caetano Veloso & Maria Gadu

Multishow

Rating: ★★★★

Whilst they have somewhat fallen out of fashion in Europe and the US, ‘unplugged’ performances by major domestic talents have...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: March/2012

Review of Tobie

Tobie

Dagadana

Agora

Rating: ★★★★

Dagadana’s fifth studio album should be given kudos as an attempt to provide ‘cheerfulness and generosity’ in our often gloomy,...

Reviewed by Peter Culshaw in issue: October/2021

Review of Never Forget

Never Forget

The Young’uns

Hereteu Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Vocal trio The Young’uns demonstrated a flair for bringing both traditional and modern stories to life on their 2012 album...

Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: June/2014

Review of Songs(2004-2012)

Songs(2004-2012)

Rodrigo Leão

Glitterhouse Records

Rating: ★★★

File Rodrigo Leão under ‘other’ – along with Brian Eno,Jason Swinscoe’s Cinematic Orchestra and David Sylvian. Like them he defies...

Reviewed by Alex Robinson in issue: October/2013

Review of Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Blackmoon1348 with the Tibetan Monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

Death & Leisure VINYL ONLY

Rating: ★★★★

This record comes in the wake of a historic tour in which the Tibetan monks of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery...

Reviewed by Tim Romain in issue: April/2019

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