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Review of Will You?

Will You?

Shujaat Husain Khan, Kevin Hays, Katayoun Goudarzi, Tim Ries & Dibyarka Chatterjee

Tames Records

Rating: ★★★★

Perhaps there is something about the texts of the great Persian-language poet Rumi that chime with the times we are...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: December/2017

Review of Janna Aana

Janna Aana

Markus

Dionysiac Records

Rating: ★★★

There have been enough qawwali- electronica fusions they could almost be their own sub-genre. The point of encounter seems to...

Reviewed by Jo Setters in issue: November/2020

Review of Solonaïves/Sculptures with GAD

Solonaïves/Sculptures with GAD

Solorazaf

Top of the World

Acoustic Music Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Solo Razafindrakoto (aka Solorazaf) is a guitarist from Madagascar. This album confirms that he is an absolute master. The first...

Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: Jan/Feb/2013

Review of And If You Will Come to Me

And If You Will Come to Me

Idan Raichel

Cumbancha

Rating: ★★★

Idan Raichel is a hugely successful Israeli composer and keyboard player with a considerable gift for catchy melodies you can't...

Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: April/2019

Review of Sons of the Wind

Sons of the Wind

Soundwalk Collective

Asphalt Tango

Rating: ★★★★

Soundwalk Collective are self-proclaimed ‘sonic nomads.’ On Sons of the Wind they travel through Ukraine, Moldavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia,...

Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: Jan/Feb/2015

Review of AsFar

AsFar

Le Trio Joubran

Top of the World

World Village

Rating: ★★★★★

Whilst the three Joubran brothers from Nazareth have established themselves as one of the most innovative groups to come out...

Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Apr/May/2011

Review of The Rough Guide to a World of Psychedelia

The Rough Guide to a World of Psychedelia

VARIOUS ARTISTS

World Music Network

Rating: ★★★★

This sampler is a bountiful taster for World Music Network's ongoing series of global psychedelic compilations, skipping madly from land...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: June/2016

Review of Ameriikan Laulu

Ameriikan Laulu

Aallotar

Nordic Notes

Rating: ★★★

Aallotar are a transatlantic ‘chamber folk’ duo, comprising Finnish accordionist Teija Niku and Finnish-American fiddler Sara Pajunen. In the early...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2019

Review of Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Music in the Realm of Fireflies: Improvisations for Peace and Healing

Rhymoi Music

Rating: ★★★

This is meditative music, created by a group of Japanese and Japan-based musicians playing Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Mongolian...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue:

Review of Ondatropica

Ondatropica

Ondatropica

Top of the World

Soundway Records

Rating: ★★★★

No one does Colombia with as much attention to detail as Soundway Records. Their latest two-CD release, Ondatrópica, is a...

Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: Aug/Sep/2012

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