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Review of The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know

The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know

Rising Appalachia

Rising Appalachia

Rating: ★★★★

Full disclosure: your reviewer fully anticipated not raving about this album. While appreciating Rising Appalachia’s raison dêtre, my ears have...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Aug/Sep/2021

Review of Roya

Roya

Liraz

Top of the World

Glitterbeat Records

Rating: ★★★★

Persian/Israeli singer Liraz was a Songlines cover star in 2020 courtesy of her sophomore album Zan, a border-busting work in...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022

Review of Tree of Dreams

Tree of Dreams

Huong Thanh

Buda Musique

Rating: ★★★

Tree of Dreams is Huong Thanh's second album of traditional Vietnamese music following the release of Cai Luong Music in...

Reviewed by Barley Norton in issue: Apr/May/2012

Review of Şatellites

Şatellites

Şatellites

Batov Records

Rating: ★★★★

Şatellites are a brilliant Tel Aviv Turkish-psych cover band – but they’re also much more than that. Some of their...

Reviewed by Robert Rigney in issue: May/2022

Review of Naina Lagai Ke

Naina Lagai Ke

Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan

Top of the World

Saregama

Rating: ★★★★

Even in her late 70s, India's Bollywood queen Asha Bhosle has a fresh, youthful quality in her voice. And she's...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of All Dressed in Yellow

All Dressed in Yellow

Fiddlers’ Bid

Hairst Blinks Music HBM001

Rating: ★★★★

The cover of All Dressed in Yellow features a photo of a man with his arm outstretched holding, horizontal, in...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2010

Review of Secret Marriage

Secret Marriage

Cači Vorba

Top of the World

Oriente

Rating: ★★★★★

Cači Vorba’s debut album won a German Record Critics' Award last year and was a Top of the World release...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: Jan/Feb/2012

Review of Muzikr

Muzikr

Carlou D

World Village 450013

Rating: ★★★

He’s been rumoured to be Senegal’s next big thing for years, and for good reason. Carlou D has steadily climbed...

Reviewed by Katharina Lobeck Kane in issue: Aug/Sep/2010

Review of The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey

The Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey

The Lil’ Band O’ Gold

Room 609 Records

Rating: ★★★★

The late Charlie Gillett’s first venture into the music industry involved a trip to Louisiana where he licensed a selection...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Aug/Sep/2011

Review of Jelszó

Jelszó

Félix Lajkó & Balázs János | Félix Lajkó & Budafoki Dohnányi Zenekar

Fonó

Rating: ★★★

Lajkó is one of Europe's most talented and most adventurous violinists. Hungarian-speaking, but Serbian-born, he transcends musical borders, ranging from...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: June/2015

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