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Review of Jamu

Jamu

Massimo Ferrante

Felmay FY8158

Rating: ★★★

The Calabrian-born, Naples–based singer and 12–string guitarist Massimo Ferrante has been on the go for more than two decades, exploring...

Reviewed by Ciro De Rosa in issue: Apr/May/2010

Review of Warian Echoe

Warian Echoe

Warian Echoe

CHM Supersound

Rating: ★★

With quality local recordings still a novelty in Papua New Guinea, producer Raymond Chin is attempting to change that with...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of Nosotras Somos

Nosotras Somos

Las Migas

Chesapik

Rating: ★★★

In the male– dominated world of flamenco, all-female groups like Las Migas are still a rarity – even in Catalonia’s...

Reviewed by Russell Parton in issue: Nov/Dec/2012

Review of Panama! 3

Panama! 3

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soundway SNDWCD/LP018

Rating: ★★★★

How much music can little Panama keep finding in its vaults? With the third instalment of Soundway’s Panama series (subtitled...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2010

Review of Nagez Rameurs

Nagez Rameurs

Genticorum

Top of the World

Roues et Archets

Rating: ★★★★

Québécois music is fed by rich waters – French, Irish, Scottish, Breton and Maritime traditions are all integral to its...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Six Days in Down

Six Days in Down

Bob Brozman, John McSherry & Dónal O'Connor

Riverboat Records/World Music Network

Rating: ★★★

Interviewing John McSherry earlier this year, the Belfast-born uilleann piper waxed both lyrically and enthusiastically about a recording session that...

Reviewed by Geoff Wallis in issue: Nov/Dec/2010

Review of Flamenco Entre Amigos

Flamenco Entre Amigos

Miguel Iven

Galileo

Rating: ★★★★

So much of the individual character of flamenco comes from approach and tone. With Flamenco Entre Amigos, Germany-based flamenco guitarist...

Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Nov/Dec/2011

Review of Z’amalgame

Z’amalgame

Force Indigène

Noramokaj

Rating: ★★★★

In name, Z’amalgame suggests a coming-together, a melding of components and forces into a new, fortified whole. This Réunionese album,...

Reviewed by Celeste Cantor-Stephens in issue: February/March/2025

Review of Viva Tu

Viva Tu

Manu Chao

Because Music

Rating: ★★★★★

It has been 17 years since Manu Chao’s last studio album, 2007’s La Radiolina – but then he has never...

Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: November/2024

Review of De Momento

De Momento

Lolaimon

Ventilador CDA067

Rating: ★★★

Ventilador has become a platform for mestizo music, a distinctive Spanish melange of flamenco strains, Latin American rhythms, jazz tropes,...

Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2010

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