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Review of La Voz Del Mar

La Voz Del Mar

Xiomara Torres

Patois Records

Rating: ★★★

Hailing from Guapi on the Pacific Coast, but residing in Cali, Colombia, Xiomara Torres displays both her traditional roots and...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: November/2022

Review of To the Mother of Gods

To the Mother of Gods

Anatolian Weapons & Seirios Savvaidis

Beats in Space VINYL & DIGITAL ONLY

Rating: ★★★

Anatolian Weapons is a guise of DJ electronicist Aggelos Baltas, and Seirios Savvaidis is a singer-songwriter who is much younger...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2019

Review of Thrace: The Paths of Dionysus

Thrace: The Paths of Dionysus

Rodopi Ensemble

ARC Music

Rating: ★★★

The Rodopi Ensemble, comprising violin, clarinet, kanun, assorted percussion and lute plus vocals, was formed during the 1990s in this...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: April/2019

Review of Songs of Thessaloniki

Songs of Thessaloniki

Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Since the 1990s, Greek soprano Savina Yannatou has established herself as an experimental interpreter of pan-Mediterranean folk songs. Primavera en...

Reviewed by Marc Dubin in issue: July/2015

Review of Shindu Shi

Shindu Shi

Fadhilee Itulya

Naxos World

Rating: ★★★

On his previous album, Kenyan musician Fadhilee Itulya celebrated the dance music of Western Kenya's Isukha and Idakho communities. His...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: November/2021

Review of Aonair

Aonair

David Munnelly

Appel Rekords

Rating: ★★★★

David Munnelly is a button accordion player whose musical roots in Irish music stretch far, to French, Gypsy, swing and...

Reviewed by Julian May in issue: April/2019

Review of Cool

Cool

Joyce Moreno

Far Out Records

Rating: ★★★★

For most artists, the obligatory Tin Pan Alley standards album usually coincides with their qualification for a free bus pass....

Reviewed by Brendon Griffin in issue: Jan/Feb/2017

Review of Circadian

Circadian

Manu Delago

Top of the World

One Little Indian

Rating: ★★★★

Last year's Parasol Peak release (a Top of the World review in #143) was a milestone in Manu Delago's career....

Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: November/2019

Review of El Viaje

El Viaje

Harold López-Nussa

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

What a lovely album this is: a work of fluid yet inventive piano compositions rooted in classical, nodding to jazz...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2016

Review of Parfum de Jasmin

Parfum de Jasmin

Med Fusion Orchester

Editions Milan Music

Rating: ★★

There is something very Western-centric and media-friendly about the fashion for naming popular uprisings after colours, seasons and horticulture. It’s...

Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: July/2012

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